Possibilities to assess insulin resistance as the metabolic syndrome is clustered in women in postmenopause

The formation of the MS cluster starting from insulin resistance (IR), visceral obesity, dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension and carbohydrate metabolism disorders (CMD) against the background of estrogenic deficiency defines postmenopause as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and increased cardiovascular risk. The TyG index (logarithmic ratio of triglyceride and fasting plasma glucose levels) is proposed for surrogate evaluation of...