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

Table 6

Prevalence of insulin resistance in the general population by metabolic characteristics (Maracaibo, Venezuela, 2015).

	⁢HOMA2-IR < 2		⁢HOMA2-IR ≥ 2
		%		%
Body Mass Index (kg/m^2)						232.022 (<0.001)
≤24.9	456	73.3	166	26.7	<0.05
25–29.9	409	57.4	305	42.6	<0.05
≥30	214	31.2	469	68.8	<0.05
High TAG						83.47 (5.42 × 10^−20)
Absent	872	59.8	587	40.2	<0.05
Present	211	37.2	356	62.8	<0.05
Low HDL-C						38.27 (6.15 × 10^−10)
Absent	530	61.4	333	38.6	<0.05
Present	553	47.5	610	52.5	<0.05
Elevated WC						198.75 (<0.001)
Absent	689	63.7	304	32.3	<0.05
Present	393	36.3	638	67.7	<0.05
JNC-8 classification						42.83 (<0.001)
Normotensive	484	61	309	39	<0.05
Prehypertensive	402	52.5	363	47.5	NS
Hypertensive	197	42.1	271	57.9	<0.05
Glycemic status						155.37 (<0.001)
Normoglycemic	892	61.9	550	38.1	<0.05
Impaired fasting glycemia	152	37.6	252	62.4	<0.05
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	38	21.3	140	78.7	<0.05

test for proportions; : Pearson’s Chi-squared test.
TAG: triacylglycerides; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; WC: waist circumference.
IDF/AHA/NHLBI/WHF/IAS/IASO 2009 consensus criteria.
Females ≥ 90 cm; males ≥ 95 cm.
ADA 2014 classification.