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Does Trig/HDL ratio really indicate insulin resistance?

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Admiral Benbow

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So I just put my trig and HDL into this calculator: https://thebloodcode.com/tghdl-calculator/ and I got a 0.9 as my trigs were 45 divided by 50. Does that mean I'm likely not insulin resistant? I ask because my fasting glucose was 134 mg/Dl on my last physical which surprised me as in May they were 93 and A1C of 4.8. So I'm confused, but think partly can be explained by the 48 hour water I did prior to blood being drawn.

Is the ratio as reliable as HOMA -IR?
 
Did you do the conversion to US units it asked for?
 
Do you have a glucose meter?
Do some readings and see what happens instead of obsessing over one test.
A single high reading doesn’t say much. Try an afternoon reading and see what you get when you haven’t eaten for over 4 hours.

Insulin resistance can lead to T2 diabetes (In some people.) but people without IR can also become diabetic.
 
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