Research Article

BMI, HOMA-IR, and Fasting Blood Glucose Are Significant Predictors of Peripheral Nerve Dysfunction in Adult Overweight and Obese Nondiabetic Nepalese Individuals: A Study from Central Nepal

Table 8

Model for predicting ≥2 sensory nerves involved (Model 4).

Variables (SE) valueOR (95% CI)

BMI (kg/m2)0.280 (0.127)0.0281.324 (1.031–1.699)
Waist-hip ratio−12.604 (6.396)0.049<0.001 (<0.001–0.934)
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)0.283 (0.129)0.0281.327 (1.030–1.710)
Serum insulin at 0 h (unit)2.203 (0.986)0.0269.053 (1.310–62.577)
Serum insulin at 2 h (unit)0.019 (0.009)0.0251.020 (1.002–1.037)
HOMA-IR−10.125 (4.360)0.020<0.001 (<0.001–0.206)
Constant−24.125 (11.197)0.031

Model , 48.691 (−2LL), 0.334 (Cox & Snell ), and 0.446 (Nagelkerke ); Hosmer and Lemeshow test: .
significant at .