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Offline tonia bird

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Question about HOMA equation
« on: July 04, 2014, 09:51:29 AM »
Hello everybody,
In my research ,I used the Homeostastic Model Assessment (HOMA) to calculate the Insulin Sensitivity/Resistance and beta cell function.And I used the original equation in calculation , but when I used the computer model (HOMA calculator) I got different results !
for example:
for glucose= 75 mg/dl and Insulin= 4.24 microIU/L
 
BY ORIGINAL equation , HOMA β =16.85   and HOMA IR =0.79
 
But by HOMA calculator, HOMA β =92.4   and HOMA IR =0.53
 
 If anyone have an explanation for this ,or used the HOMA  in his/her research I will be grateful
 
 
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Re: Question about HOMA equation
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2014, 06:54:08 PM »
That stuff frightens me to try to work with, and I wouldn't consider myself to be HOMAphobic
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Re: Question about HOMA equation
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2014, 08:49:47 PM »
*groan*
What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were like a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?  - Richard P. Feynman

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