Hepatic Steatosis Index in Acromegaly: Correlation with Insulin Resistance Regardless of the Disease Control.

Conclusions: In acromegaly, HSI is mainly related with insulin resistance and the reduction of GH and IGF-1 levels, and above all the improvement in insulin sensitivity leads to an improvement of this surrogate index of hepatic steatosis. PMID: 30662461 [PubMed]
Source: International Journal of Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Int J Endocrinol Source Type: research