Evaluation of risk factors for insulin resistance: a cross sectional study among employees at a private university in Lebanon

Table 4 Logistic regression for dairy product intake and HOMA-IR¹ after controlling for confounders among males

	HOMA-IR
Characteristic	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence interval		P-value
Characteristic	Odds Ratio	Lower	Upper	P-value
Age (years)	0.971	0.936	1.008	0.123
PA² level	0.581	0.249	1.357	0.210
BMI³ (Kg/m²)	1.378	0.590	3.220	0.458
PBF⁴	1.039	0.951	1.134	0.396
Waist circumference risky⁵	3.927	1.398	11.034	0.009
Dairy product intake (serving/ day)	0.941	0.616	1.436	0.777
Hypertriglyceridemia⁶	0.953	0.412	2.207	0.911

¹ Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance - HOMA-IR levels ≥2.5 indicates insulin resistance [43]
² Physical activity
³ Body Mass Index - BMI < 18.5 kg/m², normal weight 18.5–24.9 kg/m², overweight 25–29.9 kg/m², and obese ≥30 kg/m² [44]
⁴ Percent body fat
⁵ Risky waist circumference: > 102 cm in men, > 88 cm in women [44]
⁶ Triglycerides – Normal levels: < 150 mg/ dL [45]

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