Use of Blood Lipid Indicators as a Screening Tool of Insulin Resistance among Individuals in Low-Income Country Sides of China: A Multiethnic Region Study

Table 1

Comparison of BLIs among three nationalities.

Nation	Uygurs ()	Kazakhs ()	Hans ()	value	value
HOMA-IR				10.733	0.000
TG (mmol/L)				11.939	0.000
TC (mmol/L)				5.385	0.005
HDL-C (mmol/L)				53.270	0.000
LDL-C (mmol/L)				26.699	0.000
TG/HDL-C				5.065	0.006
TC/HDL-C				36.071	0.000
LDL-C/HDL-C				34.987	0.000
1/HDL-C (1/mmol/L)				51.615	0.000

Notes: HOMA-IR = homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; TG = triglyceride; TC = total cholesterol; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.