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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Endocrinol. 2010 May 28;163(2):243–249. doi: 10.1530/EJE-10-0145

Table 2.

Association between leptin tertiles and insulin resistance measurements in Chinese men and women aged 21–45 years.

Males
Females
2nd tertile 3rd tertile lnleptin 2nd tertile 3rd tertile lnleptin

β(se) β(se) Partial R2 β(se) β(se) Partial R2
HOMA-IR
Model A 0.32(0.08)& 0.71(0.09)& 0.2084 0.15(0.07)* 0.50(0.08)& 0.2062
Model B 0.29(0.08)& 0.56(0.09)& 0.1181 0.09(0.07) 0.41(0.08)& 0.1342
Model C 0.20(0.07)# 0.36(0.09)& 0.0369 0.03(0.07) 0.28(0.09)# 0.0560
Model D 0.15(0.08) 0.29(0.11)# 0.0201 0.03(0.07) 0.26(0.08)& 0.0532
Model E 0.29(0.08)& 0.57(0.09)& 0.0996 0.07(0.07) 0.34(0.08)& 0.0887
Model F 0.17(0.07)* 0.32(0.09)& 0.0305 0.03(0.07) 0.24(0.08)# 0.0392
FSI
Model A 0.30(0.07)& 0.66(0.08)& 0.1989 0.14(0.07)* 0.47(0.07)& 0.2062
Model B 0.27(0.07)& 0.52(0.08)& 0.1116 0.07(0.06) 0.37(0.07)& 0.1269
Model C 0.19(0.07)# 0.34(0.08)& 0.0342 0.02(0.06) 0.25(0.08)& 0.0510
Model D 0.14(0.08) 0.26(0.10)# 0.0161 0.02(0.06) 0.24(0.08)# 0.0462
Model E 0.28(0.07)& 0.53(0.08)& 0.0961 0.06(0.06) 0.31(0.07)& 0.0828
Model F 0.17(0.07)* 0.30(0.09)& 0.0287 0.02(0.06) 0.22(0.07)# 0.0338
2h PI
Model A 0.36(0.13)# 0.75(0.14)& 0.1129 0.12(0.07) 0.48(0.09)& 0.1042
Model B 0.36(0.14)# 0.68(0.16)& 0.0908 0.08(0.08) 0.40(0.10)& 0.0664
Model C 0.30(0.14)* 0.59(0.19)# 0.0549 0.10(0.08) 0.43(0.11)& 0.0595
Model D 0.10(0.13) 0.11(0.19) 0.0054 0.06(0.08) 0.33(0.11)# 0.0219
Model E 0.33(0.13)* 0.58(0.17)& 0.0569 0.09(0.08) 0.39(0.10)& 0.0512
Model F 0.31(0.14)* 0.56(0.19)# 0.0504 0.09(0.08) 0.42(0.10)& 0.0521
*

p<0.05;

#

p<0.01;

&

p<0.001 compared with 1st leptin tertile; HOMA-IR, homeostasis modeling accessible of insulin resistance; FSI, fasting serum insulin; 2h PI, 2h post-load insulin.

Model A, adjusted for age, education, occupation, active and passive smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity;

Model B, Model A plus Triglyceride, Cholesterol, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-c), systolic blood pressure(SBP), diastolic blood pressure(DBP).

Model C, Model B plus body mass index(BMI);

Model D, Model B plus percentage body fat;

Model E, Model B plus percentage trunk fat;

Model F, Model B plus waist circumference.