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Table 7 Stratified associations between HOMA-IR and Biological Age, Adjusted for Covariates

From: HOMA-IR is positively correlated with biological age and advanced aging in the US adult population

Characteristic

No. of participants

β (95% CI)

P

P for interaction

Sex

   

 < 0.0001

 Female

6343

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

 < 0.0001

 

 Male

5923

0.5 (0.3, 0.6)

 < 0.0001

 

Smoke

   

0.4

 Former

3241

0.5 (0.2, 0.8)

 < 0.001

 

 Never

6445

0.5 (0.3, 0.7)

 < 0.0001

 

 Now

2569

0.8 (0.5, 1.0)

 < 0.0001

 

BMI

   

 < 0.001

 < 18.5

181

0.7 ( − 2.6, 4.0)

0.6

 

 ≥ 18.5, < 24

2626

1.2 (0.4, 2.0)

0.004

 

 ≥ 24, < 28

3509

1.4 (1.0, 1.8)

 < 0.0001

 

 ≥ 28

5780

0.5 (0.4, 0.6)

 < 0.0001

 

Ethnic

   

0.1

 Mexican American

2589

0.5 (0.3, 0.8)

 < 0.001

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

2173

0.5 (0.3, 0.8)

 < 0.001

 

 Non-Hispanic White

6182

0.6 (0.4, 0.7)

 < 0.0001

 

 Other Hispanic

838

0.3 (0.0, 0.5)

0.1

 

 Other Race

484

1 (0.5, 1.6)

 < 0.001

 

Alcohol use

   

0.03

 Former

2389

0.3 (0.2, 0.5)

 < 0.0001

 

 Heavy

2703

0.5 (0.3, 0.7)

 < 0.0001

 

 Mild

3787

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

 < 0.0001

 

 Moderate

1586

0.8 (0.4, 1.2)

 < 0.001

 

 Never

1631

0.6 (0.3, 1.0)

 < 0.001

 
  1. Model adjusted for sex, BMI, smoke, ethnic, alcohol use, mar, PIR, ALT, AST, TG, HDL
  2. In each case, the model is not adjusted for the stratification variable