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. 2018 Jun 6;57(20):2929–2935. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.0816-18

Table 5.

Univariate and Multivariate Associations of Clinical Variables with HOMA-IR.

Measure HOMA-IR
Univariate model Multivariate model
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
β p β p β p β p
Sex (female) 0.087 0.1935 0.100 0.14 0.107 0.11
Age -0.092 0.270 0.163 0.0615 0.155 0.09 0.136 0.12
BMI 0.349 <0.0001 0.217 0.0033 0.223 0.0032 0.234 0.0016
eGFR 0.079 0.290 0.034 0.67 0.045 0.58 0.049 0.535
ALT 0.448 <0.0001 0.334 <0.0001 0.352 <0.0001 0.342 <0.0001
TGL 0.235 0.0013 0.112 0.10 0.154 0.03 0.158 0.02
HbA1c -0.099 0.18 -0.001 0.98 -0.030 0.66 -0.001 0.99
DGLA 0.349 <0.0001 0.195 0.0066
AA 0.221 0.0026 0.065 0.38
Estimated D5D -0.216 0.0032 -0.147 0.024
R2 - 0.3219 0.296 0.313
p - <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001

ρ: Spearman correlation coefficient, β: standard partial regression coefficient. HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, BMI: body mass index, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, ALT: alanine amino transferase, TGL: triglyceride, HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin, DGLA: dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, AA: arachidonic acid, D5D: Δ-5 desaturase