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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph Larner, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
The University of Virginia Patents Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 435 23 ; 436131 ; 436161 ; 436173 ; 436518 ; 436536 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a new method for screening for insulin resistance that utilizes both myoinositol and chiroinositol as indicators. According to this method, levels of myoinositol and D-chiroinositol are measured. The value of the concentration of myoinositol is divided by that of D-chiroinositol to give a 'myo/chiro ratio.' The value of this ratio is compared with a value that is characteristic of insulin resistance. If the characteristic value is equaled or exceeded, insulin resistance is indicated.