Research Article

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 3

Multivariate logistic regression analysis.

VariablesUygursKazakhsHans
OR95% CI for OR valueOR95% CI for OR valueOR95% CI for OR value

Waistline (cm)2.259(0.807, 4.962)0.028
BMI (kg/m2)2.025(0.967, 4.087)0.019
TG (mmol/L)3.698(1.265, 6.279)0.0002.215(0.968, 5.525)0.0331.543(1.180, 2.018)0.002
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.876(0.879, 2.416)0.0292.189(1.023, 7.567)0.032
TG/HDL-C4.645(1.225, 9.208)0.0005.007(0.935, 11.086)0.0004.529(1.161, 9.012)0.000
TC/HDL-C2.357(1.027, 6.107)0.0084.954(1.345, 9.948)0.0005.412(0.879, 10.246)0.000
LDL-C/HDL-C2.987(0.919, 6.059)0.0111.854(1.161, 2.862)0.010
1/HDL-C (1/mmol/L)1.957(0.739, 4.238)0.0367.354(1.360, 19.775)0.021

Notes: BMI = body mass index; TG = triglyceride; TC = total cholesterol; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.