HOMA-AD in Assessing Insulin Resistance in Lean Noncirrhotic HCV Outpatients
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients with chronic hepatitis C and controls.
HCV
Controls
value
()
()
Age (years)
46.9 (±8.1)
37.5 (±10.1)
<0.001
Gender (male)
47 (50.5%)
12 (41.4%)
0.516
Body mass index (kg/m2)
24.7 (±2.9)
25.4 (±2.8)
0.226
Glucose (mg/dL)
94.5 (±10.2)
90.6 (±9.8)
0.070
Insulin (mU/mL)
8.6 (6.5 to 13.7)
6.5 (4.3 to 10.7)
0.004
Adiponectin (mg/mL)
6.5 (3.5 to 13.0)
4.6 (3.1 to 8.8)
0.294
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
163.4 (±32.6)
206.4 (±43.9)
<0.001
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
51.9 (±15.7)
55.9 (±17.2)
0.247
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
94.5 (67.5 to 119.2)
121.0 (75.0 to 170.5)
0.059
Quantitative variables described by mean ± sd and compared by the Student -test for independent samples or by median and interquartile range and compared by the Mann-Whitney test, depending on the distribution of the data (symmetrical or not). Categorical variables described by (%) and compared by the Chi-square or Fisher exact test.
