Saravia G, Civeira F, Hurtado-Roca Y, Andrés E, León M, Pocoví M, Ordovas J, Guallar E, Fernández-Ortiz A, Casasnovas JA, Laclaustra M
PLoS ONE. 2015;10(8):e0132244, PMID: 26241903
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is currently used to diagnose diabetes mellitus, while insulin has been relegated to research. Both, however, may help understanding the metabolic syndrome and profiling patients. We examined the association of HbA1c and fasting insulin with clustering of metabolic syndrome criteria and insulin resistance as two essential characteristics of the metabolic syndrome.
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