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Rev. chil. endocrinol. diabetes ; 1(2): 88-91, abr. 2008. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-612469

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Background: The hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp is the gold standard to measure directly insulin resistance.Unfortunately, the procedure is technically demanding, expensive and, unsuitable for clinical work. Cliniciansare used to request an HOMA test (Homeostasis Model Assessment) to indirectly assess the presence of insulinresistance given that it is an inexpensive and readily performed test but it has several shortcomings. Aim: To studythe diagnostic performance of the HOMA test as it is done in our country. Material and methods: We selected 32 women aged 32 +/- 2 years and 18 men aged 42 +/- 3 years. Half of them were categorized as insulin resistant by the pancreatic suppression test with octreotide, that is highly correlated with the euglycemic clamp but simpler to perform. Insulin was measured in two different laboratories in Santiago (Barnafi-Krause and Laboratorio deNutrición, Universidad Católica) and HOMA results were calculated using serum fasting insulin and glucose levels.Results: The correlation coefficients between HOMA, calculated using insulin values of both laboratories, and the results of the pancreatic suppression test were 0.45 and 0.55 (p< 0.01). Only six of 25 subjects defined as insulin resistant by the pancreatic suppression test were detected with HOMA. Therefore, the sensitivity of the latter for insulin resistance was 24 percent. However all subjects defined as insulin resistant by HOMA (BK) hadan abnormal pancreatic suppression test. Conclusions: Even though HOMA test was positively correlated with insulin resistance, it had a poor diagnostic sensitivity. Clinicians should be aware that the HOMA test is proneto under-diagnose the presence of insulin resistance.


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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Homeostasis/physiology , Insulin Resistance/physiology , Sensitivity and Specificity , Predictive Value of Tests , Body Mass Index
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Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol ; 63(5): 337-44, 1998. ilus, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-243882

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La chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) es una de las infecciones de transmisión sexual más frecuentes en la población. Sin embargo, el efecto que pudiera tener la infección por Ct en hombres no está claramente establecido. En el presente estudio analizamos 237 varones miembros de una pareja que consultó por infertilidad en CEBRE. Se observó una incidencia de infección por Ct de 36,7 por ciento, la que aumenta a 69 por ciento al considerar la pareja como una unidad. No observamos diferencias significativas en ninguno de los parámetros seminales evaluados (concentración, movilidad, morfología) en hombres infértiles infectados y no infectados con Ct. Los resultados de los bioensayos funcionales diseñados para evaluar varios aspectos de la fisiología espermática no arrojaron diferencias entre hombres infectados o no infectados por Ct. Los estudios de microscopia electrónica sugieren que los espermatozoides son agentes activos de la dispersión de la infección al servir de vehículo para los cuerpos reticulares de clamydia. De este y otros estudios es posible sugerir que el efecto de Ct sobre la fertilidad masculina no se debería a daños en la calidad de los espermatozoides, sino más bien a la generación de anticuerpos anti-espermáticos, a la inflamación que acompaña a la infección y a la transmisión de Ct a la mujer


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Humans , Male , Chlamydia Infections/complications , Chlamydia trachomatis/pathogenicity , Infertility, Male/etiology , Acrosome Reaction , Chlamydia Infections/epidemiology , Chlamydia trachomatis/isolation & purification , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct , Microscopy, Electron, Scanning , Sperm Count , Spermatozoa/physiology
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