Differences in insulin sensitivity, lipid metabolism and inflammation between young adult Pakistani and Norwegian patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross sectional study

Table 3 Multiple regression analyses of insulin sensitivity

Variable	Adjusted effect β	95% CI	p-value	Adjusted effect β	95% CI	p-value
Model A:	LogISI₄₀			LogGIR₄₀
Ethnicity	-0.335	(-0.588, -0.081)	0.012	-0.210	(-0.429, 0.010)	0.060
Sex	-0.726	(-1.129, -0.322)	0.001	-0.455	(-0.804, -0.106)	0.013
% body fat	-0.061	(-0.084, -0.037)	<0.001	-0.044	(-0.065, -0.024)	<0.001
Model A + BMI	0.008	(-0.015, 0.031)	0.464	0.002	(-0.017, 0.022)	0.803
Model A + HbA_1c	-0.009	(-0.095, 0.078)	0.835	-0.038	(-0.111, 0.036)	0.300
Model A + Diabetes duration	-0.001	(-0.028, 0.026)	0.941	0.005	(-0.019, 0.028)	0.697
Model B:	LogISI ₄₀₀			Log GIR ₄₀₀
Ethnicity	-0.186	(-0.333, -0.040)	0.014	-0.117	(-0.229, -0.005)	0.042
% body fat	-0.009	(-0.017, 0.000)	0.040	-0.007	(-0.013, 0.000)	0.043
Model B + Sex	-0.163	(-0.394, 0.068)	0.158	-0.081	(-0.262, 0.101)	0.369
Model B + BMI	0.005	(-0.007, 0.018)	0.378	0.005	(-0.004, 0.014)	0.295
Model B + HbA_1c	0.005	(-0.045, 0.055)	0.829	-0.013	(-0.051, 0.025)	0.493
Model B + Diabetes duration	-0.008	(-0.023, 0.007)	0.304	-0.007	(-0.019, 0.005)	0.231

Table 3: Dependent variables in model A: LogISI₄₀ or LogGIR_40. Constant for Log ISI₄₀ = 4.428. R²: 0.55. Constant for LogGIR₄₀ = 4.464. R²: 0.48. Reference group for ethnicity = Norwegians, for sex = women. Variables excluded from final models: BMI, HbA_1c(NGSP) and diabetes duration.
Dependent variables in model B: LogISI₄₀₀ or LogGIR_400. Constant for Log ISI₄₀₀ = 1.650. R²: 0.29. Constant for LogGIR₄₀₀ = 3.558. R²: 0.24. Variables excluded from final models: sex, BMI, HbA_1c and diabetes duration. In bold: p < 0.05.

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