HOMA-IR
Fasting glucose and fasting insulin combined into a single index of how hard your body is working to keep blood sugar down.
Fasting glucose and fasting insulin combined into a single index of how hard your body is working to keep blood sugar down.
It is the most common way to put a number on insulin resistance before glucose has moved at all.
It is calculated, not measured, so it is only as good as the fasted pair underneath it -- a non-fasting sample makes it meaningless. Cutoffs vary by population and by insulin assay, so track your own trend rather than a published threshold.
Worth discussing a steady rise across fasted tests.
On a report in another language.
A lab report names this analyte in its own language. Vitals Vault recognises each of these and files them all under HOMA-IR.
Catalog entry last updated 2026-08-28. Browse all 165 metrics.