Table 2 Comparison of Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) in the metabolically healthy and unhealthy subgroups as classified by the various definitions and stratified by sex

Metabolically healthy

Metabolically unhealthy

p value

NCEP-0

1.32 (0.89–1.64)

2.12 (1.49–2.71)

<0.001

NCEP-1

1.48 (1.08–1.95)

2.31 (1.90–3.01)

<0.001

NCEP-2

1.61 (1.13–2.19)

2.89 (2.19–3.45)

<0.001

Doumatey et al.

1.52 (1.07–1.95)

2.35 (1.95–3.02)

<0.001

Hamer et al.

1.51 (1.07–1.95)

2.28 (1.65–2.96)

<0.001

Aguilar-Salinas et al.

1.53 (1.08–1.97)

2.51 (1.96–3.08)

<0.001

Karelis et al.

1.27 (0.84–1.65)

2.13 (1.53–2.73)

<0.001

Lavie et al.

1.29 (0.83–1.66)

2.13 (1.57–2.80)

<0.001

NCEP-0

1.24 (0.78–1.79)

1.71 (1.09–2.27)

<0.001

NCEP-1

1.31 (0.89–1.84)

2.13 (1.51–2.77)

<0.001

NCEP-2

1.45 (0.95–1.96)

2.72 (2.18–3.19)

<0.001

Doumatey et al.

1.52 (0.98–2.07)

1.73 (1.02–2.47)

0.115

Hamer et al.

1.36 (0.91–1.85)

1.96 (1.30–2.54)

<0.001

Aguilar-Salinas et al.

1.51 (0.96–2.05)

1.88 (1.11–2.66)

0.039

Karelis et al.

1.28 (0.82–1.71)

1.97 (1.27–2.55)

<0.001

Lavie et al.

1.29 (0.89–1.82)

1.83 (1.20–2.42)

<0.001