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

NS: nonsignificant; : test for proportions; : Pearson’s Chi-squared test.