Epidemiologic Behavior and Estimation of an Optimal Cut-Off Point for Homeostasis Model Assessment-2 Insulin Resistance: A Report from a Venezuelan Population
Table 3
General characteristics of the reference population () according to gender. The Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study, 2014.
Women ( = 285; 47.3%)
Men ( = 317; 52.7%)
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Age (years)
29.7
10.9
29.5
11.6
0.768
BMI (kg/m2)
23.5
3.2
24.5
3.1
2.8 × 10−5
WC (cm)
81.3
8.7
86.8
8.6
2.8 × 10−14
Fasting glycemia (mg/dL)
88.4
9.0
87.3
10.6
0.106
Fasting insulin (µU/mL)
12.6
7.8
10.6
6.5
0.001
HOMA2-IR
1.82
1.04
1.55
0.92
0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
172.0
35.5
175.9
42.3
0.431
Triacylglycerides (mg/dL)
74.4
35.4
95.9
54.3
3.0 × 10−19
VLDL-C (mg/dL)
14.88
7.0
19.1
10.8
2.0 × 10−8
LDL-C (mg/dL)
107.5
31.6
110.8
37.7
0.847
HDL-C (mg/dL)
49.7
11.9
45.8
12.9
8.2 × 10−6
SBP (mmHg)
107.9
9.6
114.3
11.7
4.4 × 10−12
DBP (mmHg)
69.9
8.2
73.5
9.1
1.4 × 10−6
Student’s -test after logarithmic transformation. BMI: body mass index; VLDL-C: very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure.
