Do nonobese patients with Behcet's disease have insulin resistance?

KAHRAMAN F. C., Kayatas K., Erdogan S. S., ONSUN N.

JOURNAL OF COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY, vol.21, no.4, pp.1688-1694, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/jocd.14276
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.1688-1694
  • Keywords: Behçet's disease, glucose tolerance, HOMA-IR, insulin resistance
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Some studies have investigated the relationship between Behcet's disease (BD) and insulin resistance; however, since they did not exclude obese patients from their sample, it remains unclear whether BD itself causes insulin resistance independently of obesity.