Research Article

Rare Mutations of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma: Frequencies and Relationship with Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Risk in the Mixed Ancestry Population from South Africa

Table 4

Odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals from logistic regression for the prediction of diabetes.

AlleleCovariatesOR (95% CI)

PPARG (rs3856806)TNone0.76 (0.55 to 1.06)0.112
sex, age0.74 (0.53 to 1.03)0.082
sex, age, insulin0.75 (0.53 to 1.05)0.098
sex, age, 2 h insulin0.56 (0.31 to 0.95)0.042
sex, age, HOMA-IR0.77 (0.53 to 1.10)0.157
sex, age, QUICKI0.75 (0.53 to 1.04)0.094
sex, age, FIRI0.77 (0.53 to 1.10)0.157
sex, age, glucose/insulin0.75 (0.53 to 1.04)0.092

FIRI: fasting insulin resistance index; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; PPARG: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor; QUICKI: the quantitative insulin-sensitivity check index.