Study of Visceral Fat in type2diabetic Patients and Its Relation to Microvascular Complications

Launched by SOHAG UNIVERSITY · Oct 26, 2023

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The Metabolic Score for Insulin Resistance (METS-IR) is a metabolic index developed with the aim to quantify peripheral insulin sensitivity in humans; it was first described under the name METS-IR by Bello-Chavolla et al in 2018. It was developed by the Metabolic Research Disease Unit at the Institute National de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Zubirán and validated against the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp and the frequently-sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test in Mexican population.It is a non-insulin-based alternative to insulin-based methods to quantify peripheral insulin sensitivit...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age \> 18 years Both male and female subjects Subjects capable of giving consent and voluntarily willing to participate in the study
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Chronic kidney disease patients Any nondiabetic nephropathy patients Patients affected by hypertension Patients affected by ocular disorders Neuropathies of other etiologies like chronic liver disease patients, alcoholics, or drug addicts Critically ill patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus Patients who have not given consent