The two references I have for this are
Legro et al JCEM 98; 83: 2694 - 8
and
Silfen et al JCEM 01; 86: 2863 - 8
Sophie
Miss Sophie Barnes
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Subject: Fasting Glucose to Insulin Ratio in PCO
A GP has referred to a recent publication stating that the best
discriminatory test for PCO is a Fasting Glucose to Insulin of <4.5. She did
not have a reference for this statement. Can any one elaborate on this
please, and whether it is in use?
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