Free ClinicalĀ Reference
HOMA-IR and Insulin Resistance: The Marker Most NPs Are Not Calculating
For the NP whose patient's glucose is normal, but something metabolic is clearly wrong.
Fasting glucose and HbA1c miss insulin resistance for years. By the time those markers become abnormal insulin has often been significantly elevated for a decade. HOMA-IR reveals the picture earlier using two values you can order on any standard lab today.
This free one page reference covers the HOMA-IR formula and calculation, interpretation ranges with functional targets, the symptoms that should send you to fasting insulin, what changes clinically when you start using this marker, and the interventions that lower HOMA-IR over time.
