New Indices for Estimation of Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Risk
Author: Mihaleva, Ivelina D., Andreeva-Gateva, Pavlina A. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Medical University of Sofia
Abstract: Insulin resistance and cardiovascular diseases as well as the risk factors that lead to their occurrence like atherosclerotic changes, dyslipidemia, obesity, are the main components of metabolic syndrome. Different methods for insulin sensitivity estimation exist which are widely used in epidemiological studies and in clinical practice. However, most of them do not reflect the metabolic disturbances of an individual. That is why new indices emerge in practice that estimate insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk using easily accessible anthropometric and functional parameters. As a result more information about the metabolic disturbances of a certain patient can be collected and specific therapy can be started, or action for prevention taken, if risk is established.
Key words: insulin resistance, cardiovascular risk, obesity, dyslipidemia
