Reports from First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Add New Study Findings to Research in Insulin Resistance (Using anthropometric parameters to predict insulin resistance among patients without diabetes mellitus).

A study conducted at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine aimed to investigate the relationship between different anthropometric parameters and insulin resistance (IR) among patients without diabetes mellitus. The study found that body mass index (BMI), calf circumference (CC), arm circumference (AC), thigh circumference (TC), and waist circumference (WC) were significantly correlated with IR, except for waist-height ratio (WHtR). After adjusting for confounding factors, it was found that BMI, AC, and WC were positively correlated with IR, while TC was negatively correlated with IR. The study suggests that TC may be a new tool to predict IR in non-diabetic patients. [Extracted from the article]