Research Article

The 7-Year Change in the Prevalence of Insulin Resistance, Inflammatory Biomarkers, and Their Determinants in an Urban South African Population

Table 3

Year of study-, gender-, age-, and smoking-adjusted linear regression models for determinants of insulin resistance in all participants.

Model 1: log insulin fastingModel 2: log HOMA-IRModel 3: log QUICKI indexModel 4: log McAuley indexModel 5: log Matsuda index
B95% confidence interval valueB95% confidence interval valueB95% confidence interval valueB95% confidence interval valueB95% confidence interval value
LowerUpperLowerUpperLowerUpperLowerUpperLowerUpper

Year of study (2014/16)0.160.130.20<0.0010.060.030.10<0.001-0.39-0.51-0.26<0.001-0.05-0.06-0.04<0.001-0.09-0.12-0.06<0.001
Gender (men)-0.15-0.19-0.11<0.001-0.15-0.18-0.11<0.0010.180.040.320.0120.040.030.05<0.0010.210.180.25<0.001
Age0.430.300.55<0.0010.400.280.51<0.001-0.39-0.85-0.050.085-0.12-0.16-0.08<0.001-0.21-0.33-0.10<0.001
Current smokers-0.08-0.12-0.05<0.001-0.08-0.11-0.05<0.0010.09-0.020.210.1220.020.010.03<0.0010.120.090.15<0.001
Education (<7 years)-0.05-0.09-0.020.002-0.04-0.08-0.010.0070.01-0.110.130.8290.010.010.020.0020.040.010.070.012
Current drinkers-0.06-0.10-0.020.003-0.05-0.08-0.010.0070.03-0.110.160.7070.020.010.030.0030.050.010.080.006
Waist circumference0.850.651.04<0.0010.870.681.05<0.001-0.82-1.50-0.150.017-0.24-0.29-0.18<0.001-0.87-1.05-0.70<0.001
Hip circumference-0.15-0.340.050.142-0.15-0.330.030.1070.58-0.101.270.0940.04-0.010.090.1420.220.050.400.014
Systolic blood pressure0.01-0.070.090.7920.03-0.040.100.3690.00-0.260.270.9930.00-0.020.020.792-0.05-0.120.020.142
HbA1c2.950.925.020.0048.676.6610.72<0.001-9.78-15.87-3.250.004-0.81-1.36-0.260.004-8.19-9.92-6.41<0.001
HDL-C-0.28-0.51-0.050.018-0.29-0.50-0.070.0100.06-0.750.870.8770.080.010.140.0180.350.130.560.001
LDL-C0.29-0.100.680.1500.26-0.110.620.172-0.46-1.840.910.509-0.08-0.190.030.150-0.27-0.620.090.148
Triglycerides0.310.190.43<0.0010.310.200.42<0.001-0.20-0.620.220.342-0.40-0.43-0.36<0.001-0.34-0.45-0.23<0.001
usCRP-0.02-0.050.020.323-0.01-0.040.020.5050.07-0.030.180.1770.000.000.010.3230.00-0.030.030.945
Gamma GT0.100.040.15<0.0010.130.070.18<0.001-0.16-0.360.030.098-0.03-0.04-0.01<0.001-0.13-0.19-0.08<0.001

Log transformed; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; usCRP: ultrasensitive C-reactive protein; gamma GT: gamma-glutamyl transferase.