Table 6. Adjusted linear regression analysis for HOMA parameters with serum zinc as category in normal participants (N = 142).
Exposure parameters | HOMA2 Parameters | ||||||||
Beta cell function | Insulin sensitivity | Insulin resistance | |||||||
Coeff.* | 95% CI* | P value | Coeff.* | 95% CI* | P value | Coeff.* | 95% CI* | P value | |
Zinc categories (≥700 ppb/L) | −28.51 | −54.47 to −2.56 | 0.03 | 16.13 | −4.72 to 36.99 | 0.12 | −0.35 | −0.59 to −0.11 | 0.004 |
Age | −0.88 | −2.1 to 0.34 | 0.16 | 0.99 | 0.005 to 1.98 | 0.049 | −0.006 | −0.01 to 0.005 | 0.28 |
Gender | −4.50 | −33.76 to 24.75 | 0.76 | −16.36 | −39.88 to 7.15 | 0.17 | −0.05 | −0.32 to 0.21 | 0.71 |
Education | −1.52 | −4.35 to 1.29 | 0.28 | −2.68 | −4.95 to −0.41 | 0.02 | −0.000 | −0.02 to 0.02 | 0.97 |
Smoking History | −0.08 | −19.18 to 19.01 | 0.99 | 2.80 | −12.55 to 18.15 | 0.72 | −0.04 | −0.22 to 0.13 | 0.60 |
BMI | 7.45 | 4.54 to 10.36 | <0.001 | −6.30 | −8.64 to −3.96 | <0.001 | 0.08 | 0.06 to 0.11 | <0.001 |
Constant | 46.70 | −76.36 to 169.78 | 0.45 | 252.91 | 153.99 to 351.83 | <0.001 | −0.27 | −1.40 to 0.86 | 0.63 |
Coeff: Coefficient,
CI: Confidence Interval.