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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants according to gender or presence of insulin resistance (IR)

From: Clinical usefulness of lipid ratios, visceral adiposity indicators, and the triglycerides and glucose index as risk markers of insulin resistance

 

Men

Women

P (Men vs women)

Non-IR

IR

p (IR vs non-IR)

n

3619

4010

 

4829

2800

 

Age, year

50.6 (39.3-60.7)

51.0 (40.3-60.6)

0.298

50.2 (39.3-59.9)

51.8 (40.7-62.1)

<0.001

Male (%)

…

…

…

48.0

46.5

0.1949

Smoking (%)

56.0

3.6

<0.001

29.8

26.1

0.001

Drinking (%)

26.6

2.0

<0.001

14.5

12.3

0.007

Body mass index, kg/m2

23.1 (20.9-25.4)

23.1 (21.0-25.6)

0.328

22.4 (20.4-24.6)

24.4 (22.0-27.0)

<0.001

Waist circumference, cm

84.0 (77.0-91.0)

80.0 (74.0-88.0)

<0.001

80.0 (74.0-87.0)

86.0 (79.0-93.0)

<0.001

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

121.7 (114.0-135.3)

120.0 (110.0-132.7)

<0.001

120.0 (110.0-130.7)

123.3 (116.7-139.3)

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

80.7 (75.7-89.3)

80.0 (70.7-85.3)

<0.001

80.0 (70.7-86.0)

80.7 (76.7-89.3)

<0.001

Total cholesterol (TC), mmol/l

4.7 (4.2-5.4)

4.8 (4.2-5.6)

<0.001

4.7 (4.1-5.4)

4.9 (4.3-5.6)

<0.001

Triglycerides (TG) , mmol/l

1.3 (0.9-1.9)

1.2 (0.9-1.8)

<0.001

1.1 (0.8-1.6)

1.5 (1.1-2.3)

<0.001

High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), mmol/l

1.3 (1.1-1.6)

1.4 (1.2-1.7)

<0.001

1.4 (1.2-1.7)

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

<0.001

Non- HDL-C, mmol/l

3.3 (2.8-4.0)

3.3 (2.7-4.1)

0.936

3.2 (2.6-3.9)

3.6 (3.0-4.3)

<0.001

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), mmol/l

2.9 (2.3-3.5)

3.0 (2.4-3.6)

<0.001

2.9 (2.3-3.5)

3.0 (2.4-3.7)

<0.001

TC/HDL-C

3.5 (2.9-4.4)

3.3 (2.8-4.1)

<0.001

3.2 (2.7-3.9)

3.8 (3.1-4.6)

<0.001

TG/HDL-C

0.9 (0.6-1.6)

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

<0.001

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

1.2 (0.7-1.9)

<0.001

LDL-C/HDL-C

2.2 (1.6-2.8)

2.1 (1.6-2.6)

<0.001

2.0 (1.5-2.5)

2.3 (1.8-2.9)

<0.001

Non-HDL-C/HDL-C

2.5 (1.9-3.4)

2.3 (1.8-3.1)

<0.001

2.2 (1.7-2.9)

2.8 (2.1-3.6)

<0.001

Apolipoprotein A1, g/l

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

1.1 (1.0-1.3)

<0.001

1.1 (1.0-1.3)

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

<0.001

Apolipoprotein B, g/l

0.9 (0.7-1.1)

0.9 (0.7-1.1)

0.666

0.9 (0.7-1.0)

1.0 (0.8-1.1)

<0.001

Apolipoprotein B/Apolipoprotein A1

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

<0.001

0.7 (0.6-0.9)

0.9 (0.7-1.1)

<0.001

Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/l

5.1 (4.7-5.6)

5.0 (4.7-5.5)

0.204

4.9 (4.6-5.3)

5.4 (5.0-6.1)

<0.001

HOMA-IR

2.3 (1.6-3.5)

2.4 (1.6-3.5)

0.091

1.8 (1.3-2.3)

4.2 (3.4-6.2)

<0.001

Uric acid, mmol/l

341.0 (289.0-404.0)

256.0 (213.0-310.0)

<0.001

286.0 (232.0-347.0)

314.0 (255.0-384.0)

<0.001

Hypersensitive C-reactive protein, mg/l

1.0 (1.0-2.0)

1.0 (0.1-2.0)

<0.001

1.0 (0.1-2.0)

1.0 (1.0-3.0)

<0.001

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range), or percent.