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. 2015 Jun 16;2:563–567. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.06.013

Table 2.

Associations of negative life events and negative event impact rating scores with insulin resistance (N = 423).

OR (95% CI) p
Model 1 — number of positive and negative life events
 Age 1.12 (1.02 to 1.23) 0.01
 Acculturation 2.24 (1.21 to 4.15) 0.01
 Marital status 0.16 (0.02 to 1.51) 0.11
 BMI 1.06 (0.86 to 1.31) 0.59
 Waist circumference 1.10 (1.01 to 1.19) 0.03
 Positive life events 0.98 (0.69 to 1.39) 0.91
 Negative life events 1.17 (1.02 to 1.34) 0.02
Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness of fit χ2 = 8.36, df = 8, p = 0.40; Nagelkerke R2 = 0.23



Model 2 — impact ratings of positive and negative events
 Age 1.12 (1.02 to 1.23) 0.02
 Acculturation 2.29 (1.24 to 4.25) 0.01
 Marital status 0.16 (0.02 to 1.49) 0.11
 BMI 1.06 (0.86 to 1.31) 0.58
 Waist circumference 1.10 (1.01 to 1.19) 0.03
 Impact rating scores for positive life events 0.97 (0.81 to 1.16) 0.75
 Impact rating scores for negative life events 1.08 (1.01 to 1.16) 0.03
Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness of fit χ2 = 8.59, df = 8, p = 0.38; Nagelkerke R2 = 0.22

Participants were recruited from the Philadelphia region between 2005 and 2008.