Research Article

Lipid Accumulation Product Is More Related to Insulin Resistance than the Visceral Adiposity Index in the Maracaibo City Population, Venezuela

Table 3

Association between adiposity indexes and insulin resistance (Maracaibo, Venezuela).

Without IRWith IROR (95% CI); OR (95% CI);
n(%)n(%)

Lipid accumulation product
<23, 644443, 115219, 31.001.00
23, 6–51, 235434, 324130, 61.91 (1.37–2.65); <0.0011.91 (1.27–2.88); 0.002
>51, 223322, 63950, 15.40 (3.48–8.39); <0.0016.03 (3.45–1.52); <0.001

Visceral adiposity index
<1, 243041, 715820, 11.001.00
1,2–2, 233732, 727234, 61.34 (0.98–1.84); 0.071.35 (0.91–1.99); 0.14
>2, 226425, 635745, 31.14 (0.76–1.72); 0.530.98 (0.58–1.65); 0.94

Chi-square test: LAP (176.3; ); VAI (116.0; ). Adjusted models for gender, age, ethnic group, education level, socioeconomic status, working status, diabetes mellitus family history, alcohol intake, smoking habits, leisure-domain physical activity, and high blood pressure according to the IDF/AHA/NHLBI/WHF/IAS/IASO 2009 consensus criteria. Adjusted similar to model 1 plus hs-C-reactive protein.