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HOMA-IR como método para valorar la resistencia a la insulina (…). M. Tagle, et al.
in 2004 with 125 adults without diabetes mellitus aged >20 years
living in the city of Guayaquil-Ecuador, chosen because they presented
at least 1 of the 5 criteria of the MS defi ned by the NCEP-ATP-III. All
of them were submitted to physical examination and measurement (BMI,
WC, and blood pressure) and basal laboratory analyses (glucose, cHDL,
triglycerides and insulin), in search of the other criteria. HOMAR-IR was
calculated by means of the formula: plasmatic insuline before food intake
(µUI/L) plasmatic glucose before food intake (mmol/L)/22.5. It was
considered IR when HOMA-IR values were equal or greates than
9.8. Results: The prevalence of IR was of 57.6%. Men with central
obesity had an HOMA-IR higher than those with non central obesity
(p