ea0079014 | Abstracts | BES2021
Jonathan Mertens
, Jonas Weyler
, Luisa Vonghia
, Wilhelmus Kwanten
, Eveline Dirinck
, Sven Francque
, Christophe De Block
Background and aims: Insulin resistance is increasingly prevalent in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Insulin resistance is associated with both cardiovascular complications and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but its assessment is challenging in T1D due to the technical difficulties of the euglycaemic clamp technique. The estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR) is a validated alternative to quantify insulin resistance in T1D, but its role in clinical practice is...