Sex differences in the association between insulin resistance and myocardial infarction across glycaemic states
Alessia Riccio,
Elena Fortin,
Linda Mellbin
et al.
Abstract:Background: Females are generally less prone to cardiovascular (CV) events than males, but this protection in trumped by the presence of diabetes. The mechanism behind the increased relative risk in females with diabetes is not fully understood. Insulin resistance (IR) is suggested to be a more important contributor to CV morbidity in females than in males. We aim at investigating differences in the association between IR indexes (Homeostatic Model Assessment of IR - HOMA-IR, visceral adiposity index – VAI, an… Show more
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