Serum Osteoprotegerin Is a Potential Biomarker of Insulin Resistance in Chinese Postmenopausal Women with Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Comparsion of serum osteoprotegerin levels with different glucose regulation.

Model	Serum osteoprotegerin (pg/mL)			value^d	value^e	value^f
	NGR group; ()	IGR group; ()	T2DM group; ()
Model 1^a	151.00 ± 4.87	169.28 ± 6.84	183.20 ± 5.86	0.031	<0.001	0.096
Model 2^b	153.69 ± 5.33	170.75 ± 5.19	179.23 ± 5.16	0.023	0.001	0.247
Model 3^c	154.54 ± 5.24	170.61 ± 5.05	178.56 ± 4.98	0.031	0.001	0.261

Serum OPG data is presented as means ± SE. IGR, impaired glucose regulation; NGR, normal glucose regulation; T2DM, type 2 diabetes.
^aUnadjusted; ^badjusted for age, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and body fat percentage; ^cadjusted for age, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, body fat percentage, eGFR, blood uric acid, aspartate aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase; ^dNGT group versus IGR group; ^eNGT group versus T2DM group; ^fIGR group versus T2DM group.