Insulin Resistance and Biological Aging: The Role of Body Mass, Waist Circumference, and Inflammation

Table 1

Percentiles for the key continuous variables representing U.S. women and men.

Variable	Percentile (±SE)
	5th	25th	50th	75th	95th
HOMA-IR
Smoking (pack-years)
Age (years)
Body mass index (kg/m^2)
Total activity (MET minutes)
Waist circumference (cm)
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)
Telomere length (base pairs)

SE: standard error. Table values include person-level weighted adjustments based on the sampling methods of NHANES so that values represent those of the U.S. adult population.