LETTER TO EDITOR
Year : 2011 | Volume
: 4 | Issue : 3 | Page : 158-
Post-glucose insulin level in polycystic ovarian syndrome
Somsri Wiwanitkit, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand
Correspondence Address:
Somsri Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok 10160
Thailand
How to cite this article:
Wiwanitkit S, Wiwanitkit V. Post-glucose insulin level in polycystic ovarian syndrome.J Hum Reprod Sci 2011;4:158-158
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Wiwanitkit S, Wiwanitkit V. Post-glucose insulin level in polycystic ovarian syndrome. J Hum Reprod Sci [serial online] 2011 [cited 2022 Aug 11 ];4:158-158
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Sir,
The recent report on the post-glucose insulin level in polycystic ovarian syndrome is very interesting. [1] In this work, the insulin resistance prediction by the 2-h post-glucose insulin level was studied. Saxena et al. concluded that the "2-h post-glucose insulin level appears to be a good indicator of IR. It can be a useful tool." [1] It might seem that this simple technique can be a good tool for a resource-limited setting. However, there are some concerns in laboratory medicine. In a previous publication, it was well demonstrated that "the post-glucose load GI ratio cannot be used to determine the magnitude of insulin resistance." [2] The positive finding in the present work might be by chance or due to the small number of studied subjects or uncontrolled confounding factors.
References
| 1 | Saxena P, Prakash A, Nigam A. Efficacy of 2-hour post glucose insulin levels in predicting insulin resistance in polycystic ovarian syndrome with infertility. J Hum Reprod Sci 2011;4:20-2. |
| 2 | Dahan MH, Goldstein J. Serum sex hormone-binding globulin levels show too much variability to be used effectively as a screening marker for insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril 2006;86:934-41. |
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