Research Article

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

Table 4

Age-, sex-, and year of study-adjusted odds ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) for the determinants of insulin resistance in all participants.

Model 1: insulin fastingModel 2: HOMA-IRModel 3: QUICKI indexModel 4: McAuley indexModel 5: Matsuda index
Odds ratio95% confidence interval valueOdds ratio95% confidence interval valueOdds ratio95% confidence interval valueOdds ratio95% confidence interval valueOdds ratio95% confidence interval value
LowerUpperLowerUpperLowerUpperLowerUpperLowerUpper

Year of study
2008/0911111
2014/160.570.460.71<0.0010.510.410.64<0.0010.450.360.57<0.0010.780.630.970.0250.670.540.84<0.001
Gender
Women11111
Men0.580.430.77<0.0010.670.500.890.0060.720.540.970.0310.830.641.060.1370.530.40.71<0.001
Age0.990.981.000.0020.990.991.000.1060.990.981.000.0311.001.001.010.5381.000.991.010.548
Tobacco use
Nonsmoker11111
Smoker0.660.520.83<0.0010.640.500.80<0.0010.720.570.920.0090.690.560.860.0010.500.390.63<0.001
Level of education
<7 years11111
≥7 years1.260.991.610.0631.140.891.450.3101.130.881.460.3491.090.871.370.4611.210.951.540.115
Alcohol use
Nondrinker11111
Current drinker0.660.50.880.0040.70.520.920.0110.660.490.880.0050.740.570.950.020.620.470.830.001
BMI status
Normal11111
Overweight1.180.881.560.5181.070.801.440.7781.190.881.600.5381.080.821.420.5011.150.861.540.563
Obese1.110.861.430.5181.10.851.410.7781.080.831.410.5381.150.911.460.5011.120.871.440.563
usCRP
No11111
Yes2.281.812.88<0.0012.391.883.04<0.0012.161.692.77<0.0012.051.652.55<0.0012.381.893.01<0.001
Gamma GT
No11111
Yes1.751.42.19<0.0011.931.542.43<0.0012.081.652.64<0.0012.331.892.88<0.0012.231.782.79<0.001

HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; usCRP: ultrasensitive C-reactive protein; gamma GT: gamma-glutamyl transferase.