Fig. 1From: Cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease (CKD)—an importance of vascular calcification and microcirculatory impairmentInsulin 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 infusionBack to article page