Clinical Study

Comparative Evaluation of Whole Body and Hepatic Insulin Resistance Using Indices from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Morbidly Obese Subjects with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Table 4

Indices of Insulin resistance calculated from insulin and glucose levels during OGTT. Data represented as Mean±(SD).*

TotalNormalNAFLD

N1132687
HOMA-IR5.882(3.818)4.105(1.924)6.413(4.083)
1/QUICKI3.303(0.252)3.177(0.217)3.341(0.251)
1/ISI0,1200.018(0.007)0.015(0.005)0.019(0.007)
1/WBISI0.385(0.24)0.252(0.139)0.425(0.25)

*=P<.01 for all four indices of insulin resistance for NAFLD as compared to Normal by non-parametric test (Mann-Whitney test).