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

Table 2. Baseline characteristicsa of insulin sensitive and insulin resistance subjects according to body mass index.

Normal-weight Overweight/Obese
Insulin sensitive    Insulin resistance P value Insulin sensitive Insulin resistance P value
n = 920 n = 115 n = 374 n = 274
HOMA – IR (uU/ml .mmol/ml) 1.33 (0.95 - 1.75) 3.25 (2.87 - 4.03) <0.001 1.81 (1.32 - 2.17) 3.78 (3.11 - 4.66) <0.001
Demographics
Age (Years) 50.36 ± 15.61 54.55 ± 14.49 0.006 53.45 ± 12.25 54.34 ± 13.02 0.38
Male (%) 316 (34.34) 29 (25.22) 0.05 154 (41.18) 118 (43.07) 0.63
Clinical Characteristics
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 20.97 ± 1.98 21.96 ± 1.70 <0.001 26.07 ± 1.93 27.25 ± 2.57 <0.001
Waist circumference(cm) 77.00 ± 7.54 81.42 ± 7.09 <0.001 88.96 ± 7.18 92.66 ± 8.07 <0.001
History of Hypertension (%) 100 (10.87) 23 (20) 0.04 86 (22.99) 93 (33.94) 0.002
History of coronary heart disease (%) 15 (1.63) 2 (1.74) 1 6 (1.60) 9 (3.28) 0.19
History of stroke (%) 2 (0.22) 0 1 1 (0.27) 2 (0.73) 0.58
Current smoker (%) 114 (12.39) 8 (7.00) 0.09 50 (13.37) 37 (13.50) 0.98
Current alcohol use (%) 52 (5.65) 1 (0.87) 0.03 31 (8.29) 10 (3.65) 0.02
Education attainment High school or above (%) 420 (45.65) 47 (40.87) 0.33 146 (39.04) 99 (36.13) 0.45
Physical inactivity (%) 525 (57.07) 60 (52.17) 0.32 207 (55.35) 163 (59.49) 0.29
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 123.25 ± 19.53 129.88 ± 18.79 < 0.001 131.44 ± 19.44 136.36 ± 18.67 0.002
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 75.06 ± 10.77 78.59 ± 10.24 0.001 80.13 ± 10.62 83.40 ± 6.64 <0.001
Laboratory
Serum creatitine (umol/L) 71.51 ± 16.23 70.56 ± 14.15 0.55 73.93 ± 16.06 77.16 ± 16.69 0.01
eGFR( ml/min/1.73m2) 102.86 ± 22.41 100.25 ± 23.86 0.24 98.34 ± 20.23 93.78 ± 20.82 0.005
Serum uric acid (umol/L) 328.34 ± 87.24 352.32 ± 95.35 0.006 358.52 ± 92.95 405.73 ± 98.73 <0.001
ACR (mg/g) 7.78 (5.48 - 12.02) 9.99 (6.36 - 15.65) 0.001 8.49 (5.57 - 13.61) 9.99 (6.36 - 19.45) 0.002
Fasting glucose (mmo/l) 4.63 ± 0.43 5.10 ± 0.57 <0.001 4.71 ± 0.48 5.21 ± 0.64 <0.001
Serum C-reactive protein (mg/l) 0.63 (0.32 - 1.45) 0.96(0.53 - 2.67) <0.001 1.35(0.71 - 2.75) 2.20 (1.04 - 3.86) <0.001
Serum triglyceride (mmol/L) 1.02 (0.76 - 1.37) 1.46 (1.10 - 2.45) <0.001 1.46 (1.10 - 2.45) 1.36 (0.97 - 1.90) <0.001
LDL (mmol/l) 3.08 ± 0.88 3.14 ± 0.95 0.95 3.34± 0.85 3.26 ± 0.97 0.27
HDL (mmol/l) 1.61 ± 0.33 1.49 ± 0.32 0.002 1.50 ± 0.30 1.37 ± 0.23 <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; LDL:Serum low density lipoprotein;HDL:Serum high density lipoprotein