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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2012;25(0):1095–1102. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2012-0117

Table 2.

HOMA-IR and MetS cluster z-score by age, sex, Tanner stage, AN, BMI, and family history of diabetes.

Parameter HOMA-IR, geometric mean (95 % CI) MetS cluster z-score, mean (95 % CI)
Age, years
 5 – 9 1.13 (0.92 – 1.40) − 0.29 (− 0.49 to − 0.09)
 10 – 12 2.13 (1.71 – 2.66) 0.29 (0.06 – 0.51)
 p-Value < 0.001 < 0.001
Sex
 Female 1.77 (1.45– 2.16) Not applicable
 Male 1.27 (0.96– 1.68)
 p-Value 0.05
Tanner stage
 I 1.17 (0.95 – 1.44) − 0.27 (− 0.45 to − 0.08)
 II – V 2.44 (1.93 – 3.10) 0.35 (0.07 – 0.63)
 p-Value < 0.001 < 0.001
AN
 No 1.28 (1.08 – 1.51) − 0.24 (− 0.37 to − 0.10)
 Yes 3.11 (2.31 – 4.19) 0.83 (0.45 – 1.20)
 p-Value < 0.001 < 0.001
BMI
 < 85th percentile 1.22 (1.01– 1.46) − 0.31 (− 0.45 to − 0.16)
 85– 94.9 percentile 1.67 (1.14– 2.43) 0.26 (− 0.12 to 0.64)
 ≥ 95th percentile 2.92 (2.09– 4.07) 0.69 (0.31– 1.06)
 p-Value < 0.001 a < 0.001 b
Family history of diabetes
 No 1.56 (1.20 – 2.02) − 0.04 (− 0.25 to 0.17)
 Yes 1.53 (1.21 – 1.95) 0.04 (− 0.21 to 0.29)
 p-Value 0.93 0.65
a

The geometric mean for the ≥ 95th percentile group is significantly different from the geometric means of the other groups.

b

The means for all groups are significantly different from each other. 95 % CI, 95 % confidence interval.