Incidence of insulin resistance and diabetes in patients with portosystemic shunts without liver dysfunction

Conclusions
Patients with chronic HSJ and PSS without liver dysfunction had a high incidence of IR and diabetes. The study showed that PSS and IR are related and therefore patients with PSS should be screened for IR and vice versa.

Source: Journal of International Medical Research - October 8, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Li, Y., Yang, G., Qiang, J., Cai, S., Zhou, H. Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research