Sex Differences in the Association between Level of Childhood Interleukin-6 and Insulin Resistance in Adolescence

Table 4

Risk of high IL-6 and HOMA-IR level in adolescence based on IL-6 level in childhood.

		95% confidence
	Odds ratio	Interval	𝑃 value
IL-6 at age 13
Boys	0.90	0.38–2.12	0.81
Girls	2.55	1.12–5.80	0.03
HOMA-IR at age 13^a
Boys	0.93	0.39–2.22	0.87
Girls	3.68	1.58–8.57	0.003

Odds ratios for being in the highest quartile of CVD risk factors age 13 yrs according to being in the upper quartile of IL-6 at age 9 yrs. Significant odds ratios are presented in bold.
^a: adjusted for HOMA at age 9 yrs.