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. 2021 Feb 12;8:613594. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.613594

Table 2.

Univariate analysis of IR with anthropometric & metabolic parameters.

Parameters RR 95% CI P
Age (<10 vs. ≥10) 0.49 0.39–0.61 <0.001
Sex (Male vs. Female) 0.98 0.81–1.18 0.8*
BMI (Obese vs. Overweight)** 1.38 1.14–1.66 <0.001
Hypertension (Presence vs. absence) 1.37 1.13 – 1.66 0.003
Waist Circumference (>90th centile)*** 2.01 1.79–2.43 0.012
EBF till 6 months (Yes vs. No) 0.68 0.56–0.81 <0.001
Family History of cardio-vascular diseases 1.61 1.33–1.94 <0.001
Fasting Glucose (>100 mg/dL) 2.63 2.33–2.96 <0.001
TG (≥150 mg/dL) 3.12 2.68–3.62 <0.001
HDL (≥40 mg/dL) 0.33 0.28–0.39 <0.001
Insulin (>17 mIU/L) 3.5 3.01–4.07 <0.001
*

P ≥0.05; IR, Insulin resistance; EBF, Exclusive breast feeding.

**

Overweight and obesity were defined as per revised IAP 2015 classification (14).

***

Waist circumference was taken from data published in Indian children (12).