Relationship between a novel non–insulin-based metabolic score for insulin resistance (METS‐IR) and coronary artery calcification

Table 2 Univariate logistic regression analysis of the incidence of CAC.

Variable	OR	95% CI	P value
Age	1.056	1.038–1.075	< 0.001
Male	2.344	1.671–3.288	< 0.001
Smoking	1.726	1.343–2.218	< 0.001
Diabetes	3.639	2.634–5.026	< 0.001
Hypertension	2.467	1.919–3.171	< 0.001
Systolic blood pressure	1.019	1.010–1.028	< 0.001
Diastolic blood pressure	1.026	1.014–1.038	< 0.001
Body mass index	1.136	1.086–1.188	< 0.001
Total cholesterol	0.996	0.992–1.000	0.030
Triglyceride	1.003	1.001–1.004	< 0.001
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol	0.996	0.992–1.001	0.096
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol	0.983	0.972–0.993	0.001
High sensitivity C-reactive protein	1.267	0.855–1.878	0.239
Creatinine	1.915	0.973–3.768	0.060
Fasting glucose	1.023	1.016–1.029	< 0.001
Hemoglobin Alc	1.982	1.635–2.403	< 0.001
Triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol	1.116	1.052–1.184	< 0.001
Triglyceride-glucose index	1.899	1.533–2.354	< 0.001
Higher METS-IR	2.024	1.564–2.620	< 0.001

CAC coronary artery calcification, METS-IR metabolic score for insulin resistance, OR odd ratio, CI confidence interval

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