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Fig. 1 | Renal Replacement Therapy

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From: Cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease (CKD)—an importance of vascular calcification and microcirculatory impairment

Fig. 1

Insulin resistance develops at an early stage in CKD. The patients with at least serum creatinine more than 2 mg/dl clearly have insulin resistance with hyperinsulinemic euglycemic glucose clamp method. GDR stands for glucose disposal rate, which is equivalent to glucose infusion rate in order to set 100 mg/dl of serum glucose levels under insulin infusion

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