Endocrine Abstracts

Background Insulin resistance (IR) is a state in which a given concentration of insulin produces biological effect less than expected and IR actually make up a broad clinical spectrum, including obesity, glucose intolerance, DM, and the metabolic syndrome that are associated with various endocrine, metabolic, & genetic conditions. There is an association of IR with thyroid abnormalities. Evidence for a relationship between T4 and T3 and glucose metabolism appeared over 100...