Research Article

The HOMA-IR Performance to Identify New Diabetes Cases by Degree of Urbanization and Altitude in Peru: The CRONICAS Cohort Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of study participants at baseline and overall and according to study site.

VariableOverallLimaUrban PunoRural PunoTumbes value

Sex0.882
 Female51.251.850.952.150.3
 Male48.848.249.147.949.7
Age (years)0.934
 35–4424.324.024.822.825.3
 45–5425.527.125.025.424.4
 55–6425.425.225.725.425.3
 65+24.823.824.626.425.0
Wealth index<0.001
 Bottom31.612.023.271.534.5
 Middle33.937.026.126.139.0
 Top34.451.050.72.426.5
Education<0.001
 <7 years45.942.814.762.955.6
 7–11 years32.939.727.330.530.3
 ≥12 years21.217.558.06.714.1
Waist circumference<0.001
 Mean (SD)91.9 (11.0)92.4 (10.5)92.6 (10.8)85.0 (11.0)94.6 (10.2)
Body mass index<0.001
 Mean (SD)27.7 (4.6)28.4 (4.6)27.8 (4.3)25.1 (3.7)28.3 (4.8)
HbA1c
 Median (IQR)5.8 (5.5–6.1)5.7 (5.4–5.9)5.9 (5.6–6.1)5.8 (5.6–6.1)5.9 (5.6–6.2)<0.001
Diabetes<0.001
 Yes6.95.57.03.110.3
HOMA-B<0.001
Median (IQR)96.4 (59.5–149.7)108.0 (68.8–162.8)95.5 (60.9–153.2)74.1 (46.1–119.2)98.6 (57.9–149.2)
HOMA-IR
 Median (IQR)1.7 (1.04–2.94)2.0 (1.17–3.19)1.6 (1.04–2.75)1.1 (0.62–1.76)2.0 (1.23–3.42)<0.001

Results are presented as percentages for categorical variables. values for categorical variables refer to the chi-squared test among study sites, whereas for numerical variables (waist circumference and body mass index) to the analysis of variance. value refers to the Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank test among study sites.