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

Table 2

Sociodemographic and psychobiologic characteristics of the population by gender (Maracaibo, Venezuela, 2015).

	⁢Females ()		⁢Males ()		⁢Total ()
		%		%		%
Age groups (years)
<30	308	29.2	365	37.6	673	33.2
30–59	607	57.5	517	53.3	1124	55.5
≥60	141	13.4	88	9.1	229	11.3
Ethnic groups
Mixed	796	75.4	754	77.7	1550	76.5
Hispanic white	175	16.6	146	15.1	321	15.8
Afro-Venezuelan	27	2.6	33	3.4	60	3.0
American Indian	47	4.5	36	3.7	83	4.1
Others	11	1.0	1	0.1	12	0.6
Socioeconomic status
Stratum I	17	1.6	19	2.0	36	1.8
Stratum II	179	17.0	185	19.1	364	18.0
Stratum III	394	37.3	409	42.2	803	39.6
Stratum IV	411	38.9	325	33.5	736	36.3
Stratum V	55	5.2	32	3.3	87	4.3
Marital status
Single	445	42.3	414	43.1	859	42.7
Married	392	37.2	417	43.4	809	40.2
Others	216	20.5	130	13.5	346	17.2
Educational status
Illiterate	25	2.4	17	1.8	42	2.1
Primary education	217	20.5	103	10.6	320	15.8
Secondary education	466	44.1	479	49.4	945	46.6
High education	348	33.0	371	38.2	719	35.5
Occupational status
Unemployed	575	54.5	263	27.1	838	41.4
Employed	481	45.5	707	72.9	1188	58.6
Smoking habit
Nonsmoker	792	75.1	606	62.9	1398	69.3
Current smoker	119	11.3	181	18.8	300	14.9
Past smoker	143	13.6	177	18.4	320	15.9
Alcohol intake (%)	196	18.6	470	48.5	666	32.9
Physical inactivity (%)	252	23.9	443	45.7	695	34.3

≥1 g of alcohol per day. Based on IPAQ scoring.