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Homeostasis model assessment, serum insulin and their relation to body fat in cats

BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with insulin resistance (IR) and considered a risk factor for diabetes mellitus (DM) in cats. It has been proposed that homeostasis model assessment (HOMA-IR), which is the product of fasting serum insulin (mU/L) and glucose (mmol/L) divided by 22.5, can be used to...

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Autores principales: Strage, Emma M., Ley, Charles J., Forkman, Johannes, Öhlund, Malin, Stadig, Sarah, Bergh, Anna, Ley, Cecilia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7814573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33461546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02729-1