Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 7

Effect of Insulin Resistance in Obese Polycystic Ovarian Disease

1Ph. D., Research Scholar, Bharath University, Selaiyur, Chennai.

2Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, Sree Balaji Dental College, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai.

*Corresponding Author E-mail: revathi_3aug@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 17 October, 2017.

Abstract

The study was mainly focussed to measure the insulin resistance by HOMAIR values (homeostasis model assessment method: insulin resistance) and found that in all patients with obese Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) showed increased insulin resistance compared to control subjects with normal body weight and ovulatory menstruation.

Keywords

Insulin, Glucose, Homeostatic model assessment insulin Resistance (HOMAIR), Body mass index (BMI), polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). NIH-National Institute of Health, NICHD-National Institute of Child Health and Human Development