Association of Plasma Procalcitonin with Various Components of Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance in Urban Indian Population: A Novel Biomarker.

Conclusion: Raised plasma procalcitonin levels in the normal range are associated with insulin resistance and components of the metabolic syndrome (abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, high VLDL, low HDL and hyperglycemia), suggesting its role as a promising biomarker. PMID: 31315322 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research