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. 2020 Sep 21;1(3):101–108. doi: 10.14744/hf.2020.2020.0018

Table 1.

Demographics of the study population

IR (+) IR (-) Whole cohort p
(n=210) (n=53) (n=263)
n % n % n %
Age, median (IQR), y 49 (22-71) 42 (22-65) 47 (22-71) 0.001*
Sex
Male 113 53.8 39 73.6 1 52 57.8 0.009*
Female 97 46.2 14 26.4 111 42.2
Cigarette
Active 30 15.3 11 22 41 16.7
Quit 51 26 11 22 62 25.2 0.503
Never smoked 115 58.7 28 56 1 43 58.1
Alcohol
Active 16 8.2 3 6 19 7.7
Quit 28 14.3 3 6 31 12.6 0.228
Never smoked 1 52 77.6 44 88 1 96 79.7
BMI, mean±SD, kg/m2 33.19±5.06 30.06±3.61 31.71±5.0 0.000*
BMI category
Lean 11 5.2 4 7.5 15 5.7
Overweight 51 24.3 24 47.2 76 28.9 0.002*
Obese 1 48 70.5 24 45.3 1 72 65.4
Waist circumference, mean±SD, cm 107.4±11.3 101.1±8.2 105.9±10.9 0.001*
Hip circumference, median (IQR), cm 110.9 (63-155) 107 (94-129) 109 (63-155) 0.013*
Type 2 diabetes mellitus 102 48.6 7 6.4 109 41.4 0.000*
Hypertension 89 42.4 11 20.8 1 00 38 0.004*
Hyperlipidemia 115 54.8 17 32.1 1 32 50.2 0.003*
Metabolic syndrome 1 50 71.4 26 49.1 1 76 66.9 0.002*

IQR: Interquartile range; BMI: Body-mass index; IR: Insulin resistance; SD: Standard deviation; *: Sign indicates significant p-values as <0.05.