“…Several applications have been reported in the literature to measure the insulin sensitivity index for dierent patient populations, including diabetes [71,111], aging [25,73], hyperthyroidism [83], hyperparathyroidism [55], myotonic dystrophy [85], pregnancy [19], gynaecological conditions [21], obesity [13], hypertension [19], cirrhosis [58,64], ethnical subpopulation [42,43,50,69,98], siblings of diabetic patients, [29,51,88] and during pharmacological tests [62].…”