Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Children versus Adolescents with Obesity
Table 4
Adjusted RRs and 95% CI between BMI-SDS, Tanner stage, term of birth, birth weight, breastfeeding, and waist circumference (independent variables) and IR (dependent variable).
Children
Adolescents
RR (95% CI)
value
RR (95% CI)
value
BMI-SDS
2.19 (1.01–4.76)
0.048
3.96 (1.70–9.21)
0.001
Tanner stage
5.43 (1.44–20.45)
0.012
1.70 (0.85–3.41)
0.137
Term of birth
6.29 (1.27–31.05)
0.024
2.64 (0.54–12.83)
0.230
Birth weight
1.66 (0.36–7.61)
0.513
0.49 (0.21–1.13)
0.093
Breastfeeding
1.72 (0.61–4.86)
0.309
1.58 (0.76–3.29)
0.222
Waist circumference
1.15 (0.30–4.37)
0.840
3.743 (1.49–9.36)
0.005
Adjustment for age, gender, and ethnicity. P values in bold are significant at <0.05.
