Skip to main content
. 2013 Sep 13;8(9):e74058. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074058

Table 1. Baseline characteristicsa of subjects according to body mass index.

Normal-weight Overweight/Obese
n = 1035 n = 648 P Value
HOMA – IR (uU/ml .mmol/ml) 1.42 (1.00 - 1.99) 2.41 (1.70 - 3.52) <0.001
Insulin Resistance (%) 115 (11.11) 274 (42.28) <0.001
Demographics
Age (Years) 50.83 ± 15.54 53.83 ± 12.58 <0.001
Male (%) 375 (36.23) 272 (26.28) <0.001
Clinical Characteristics
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 21.08 ± 1.98 26.57 ± 2.30 <0.001
Waist circumference(cm) 77.50 ± 7.62 90.52 ± 7.78 <0.001
History of Hypertension (%) 123 (11.88) 179 (27.62) <0.001
History of coronary heart disease (%) 17 (1.64) 15 (2.31) 0.36
History of stroke (%) 2 (0.19) 3 (0.44) 0.38
Current smoker (%) 122 (11.79) 87 (13.43) 0.31
Current alcohol use (%) 53 (5.12) 41 (6.32) 0.29
Education attainment High school or above(%) 467 (45.12) 245 (37.81) <0.001
Physical inactivity (%) 585 (56.52) 370 (57.10) 0.82
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 124.01 ± 19.55 133.51 ± 19.25 <0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 75.47 ± 10.76 81.51 ± 10.34 <0.001
Laboratory
Serum creatitine (umol/L) 71.40 ± 16.01 75.30 ± 16.39 <0.001
eGFR ( ml/min/1.73m2) 102.57 ± 22.59 96.41 ± 20.59 <0.001
Serum uric acid (umol/L) 331.01 ± 88.45 378.48 ± 98.18 <0.001
ACR (mg/g)) 7.96 (5.48 - 12.38) 8.97(5.92 - 15.82) <0.001
Fasting glucose (mmo/l) 4.68 ± 0.47 4.92 ± 0.61 <0.001
Serum C-reactive protein (mg/l) 0.67 (0.33 - 1.53) 1.63(0.82 - 3.34) <0.001
Serum triglyceride (mmol/L) 1.05 (0.77 - 1.46) 1.55 (1.08 - 2.19) <0.001
Serum low density lipoprotein (mmol/l) 3.08 ± 0.89 3.31 ± 0.90 <0.001
Serum high density lipoprotein (mmol/l) 1.60 ± 0.33 1.45 ± 0.28 <0.001

a Mean ± SD or median (25th to 75th percentiles) for continuous variables and absolute and relative (%) values for category variables are presented.

HOMA-IR: Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; eGFR: estimated Glomerular filtration rate

ACR: Urinary albumin to creatinine ratio