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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Menghua Luo, New Albany, OH (US);
Suzette Pereira, Westerville, OH (US);
Neile Edens, Austin, TX (US);
Gerard Davis, Wauconda, IL (US);
Susan Gawel, LaGrange Park, IL (US);
Raj Chandran, Evanston, IL (US);
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
Insulin resistance biomarkers and related methods of using the biomarkers are provided. The biomarkers may be blood biomarkers and include C-peptide, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 2 (IGFBP-2), and Leptin. Also provided is a method of reducing the effect of prolonged physical inactivity on insulin resistance in a subject who is experiencing prolonged physical inactivity, or who is expected to experience prolonged physical inactivity in the near future.