Research Article

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Insulin Resistance in Adults from Maracaibo City, Venezuela

Table 1

Gender-specific MET quintiles for each domain of physical activity (Maracaibo, Venezuela, 2015).

MET quintiles⁢Females⁢Males

Work
domain
Lower limitUpper limitLower limitUpper limit

Very low33.00385.9933.00714.99
Low386.001201.49715.002042.09
Moderate1201.502751.592042.103578.39
High2751.604546.793578.406495.59
Very high4546.804546.80

Transport
domain
Lower limitUpper limitLower limitUpper limit

Very low33.00131.9933.00164.99
Low132.00230.99165.00257.49
Moderate231.50346.49247.50521.09
High346.50700.79521.101385.99
Very high700.801386.00

Household
domain
Lower limitUpper limitLower limitUpper limit

Very low30.00539.9930.00269.99
Low540.001139.99270.00629.99
Moderate1140.001919.99630.001084.99
High1920.003779.991085.002429.99
Very high3780.002430.00

Leisure
domain
Lower limitUpper limitLower limitUpper limit

Very low33.00230.9933.00296.99
Low321.00445.49297.00791.99
Moderate445.50742.49792.001532.39
High742.501798.791532.402879.99
Very high1798.802880.00

Obtained from IPAQ scoring. Subjects with 0 MET were excluded from quintiles and classified separately as inactive.