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Sep 2026
Diagnostic performance of METS-IR versus conventional metabolic indices for insulin resistance and MASLD in adolescents
The prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) has risen markedly among children and adolescents in recent years. Traditional noninvasive metabolic surrogate markers developed for adult populations have shown inconsistent performance and limited applic...
Yan-Hua Su, Li-Hong Wang, Hui Hao et al.
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