Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Insulin Resistance in Adults from Maracaibo City, Venezuela
Table 4
Prevalence of insulin resistance in the general population by sociodemographic variables (Maracaibo, Venezuela, 2015).
| | HOMA2-IR < 2 | HOMA2-IR ≥ 2 | | | | % | | % |
| Ethnic group | | | | | 2.65 (0.61) | Mixed | 837 | 54.0 | 713 | 46.0 | NS | | Hispanic white | 161 | 50.2 | 160 | 49.8 | NS | | Afro-Venezuelan | 33 | 55.0 | 27 | 45.0 | NS | | American Indian | 47 | 56.6 | 36 | 43.4 | NS | | Others | 5 | 41.7 | 7 | 58.3 | NS | |
| Socioeconomic status | | | | | | 4.33 (0.36) | Stratum I: High Class | 18 | 50.0 | 18 | 50.0 | NS | | Stratum II: Middle-High Class | 186 | 51.1 | 178 | 48.9 | NS | | Stratum III: Middle Class | 445 | 55.4 | 358 | 44.6 | NS | | Stratum IV: Relative Poverty | 382 | 51.9 | 354 | 48.1 | NS | | Stratum V: Critical Poverty | 52 | 59.8 | 35 | 40.2 | NS | |
| Marital status | | | | | | 17.29 (0.001) | Single | 503 | 58.6 | 356 | 41.4 | <0.05 | | Married | 392 | 48.5 | 417 | 51.5 | <0.05 | | Others | 181 | 52.3 | 165 | 47.7 | NS | |
| Educational status | | | | | | 6.76 (0.079) | Illiterate | 27 | 64.3 | 15 | 35.7 | NS | | Primary education | 154 | 48.1 | 166 | 51.9 | <0.05 | | Secondary education | 521 | 55.1 | 424 | 44.9 | NS | | High education | 381 | 53.0 | 338 | 47.0 | NS | |
| Occupational status | | | | | | 3.25 (0.071) | Unemployed | 428 | 51.1 | 410 | 48,9 | NS | | Employed | 655 | 55.1 | 533 | 44.9 | NS | |
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NS: nonsignificant; : test for proportions; : Pearson’s Chi-squared test.
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