Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants.

From: Associations between surrogate insulin resistance indexes and osteoarthritis: NHANES 2003–2016

Characteristic

Overall

N = 14,715 (100%)

non-OA

N = 13,136 (89%)

OA

N = 1579 (11%)

P value

Age (years)

45.9 ± 16.5

43.9 ± 15.9

60.9 ± 13.0

< 0.001

Gender

   

< 0.001

Male

7205 (49%)

6635 (51%)

570 (36%)

 

Female

7510 (51%)

6501 (49%)

1009 (64%)

 

Race

   

< 0.001

Non-Hispanic White

6544 (68%)

5519 (66%)

1025 (83%)

 

Non-Hispanic Black

2860 (11%)

2639 (12%)

221 (6.5%)

 

Mexican American

2500 (8.6%)

2369 (9.4%)

131 (3.0%)

 

Other Races

1431 (7.2%)

1343 (7.5%)

88 (4.8%)

 

Other Hispanic

1380 (5.3%)

1266 (5.7%)

114 (2.5%)

 

Education level

   

0.2

< High school

3738 (17%)

3382 (17%)

356 (16%)

 

High School

3304 (22%)

2960 (23%)

344 (21%)

 

> High school

7673 (61%)

6794 (61%)

879 (64%)

 

PIR

   

0.001

< 1.3

4654 (21%)

4250 (22%)

404 (17%)

 

1.3–3.49

5573 (37%)

4937 (37%)

636 (39%)

 

> = 3.5

4488 (42%)

3949 (41%)

539 (45%)

 

Smoke status

   

< 0.001

Current smoker

3064 (21%)

2787 (21%)

277 (18%)

 

Former smoker

3549 (24%)

2996 (23%)

553 (35%)

 

Never smoker

8102 (55%)

7353 (56%)

749 (47%)

 

Alcohol status

10,508 (76%)

9421 (77%)

1087 (74%)

0.067

Diabetes

2399 (12%)

2003 (11%)

396 (21%)

< 0.001

Hypertension

5726 (34%)

4691 (31%)

1035 (60%)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

29 ± 7

28 ± 7

31 ± 7

< 0.001

WC (cm)

98 ± 16

98 ± 16

104 ± 16

< 0.001

WHtR

0.58 ± 0.10

0.58 ± 0.09

0.63 ± 0.10

< 0.001

TyG

8.60 ± 0.66

8.58 ± 0.66

8.75 ± 0.64

< 0.001

TyG-WC

   

< 0.001

Q1

3679 (27%)

3465 (29%)

214 (15%)

 

Q2

3679 (25%)

3331 (25%)

348 (23%)

 

Q3

3678 (24%)

3226 (24%)

452 (26%)

 

Q4

3679 (25%)

3114 (23%)

565 (37%)

 

TyG-BMI

   

< 0.001

Q1

3679 (27%)

3434 (28%)

245 (17%)

 

Q2

3679 (25%)

3312 (25%)

367 (23%)

 

Q3

3678 (24%)

3270 (24%)

408 (24%)

 

Q4

3679 (24%)

3120 (23%)

559 (36%)

 

TyG-WHtR

   

< 0.001

Q1

3679 (28%)

3497 (30%)

182 (13%)

 

Q2

3679 (26%)

3337 (26%)

342 (23%)

 

Q3

3678 (24%)

3232 (23%)

446 (26%)

 

Q4

3679 (23%)

3070 (21%)

609 (37%)

 

VAI

   

< 0.001

Q1

3679 (26%)

3361 (26%)

318 (21%)

 

Q2

3679 (26%)

3316 (26%)

363 (22%)

 

Q3

3678 (25%)

3263 (24%)

415 (25%)

 

Q4

3679 (24%)

3196 (23%)

483 (32%)

 

LAP

   

< 0.001

Q1

3679 (27%)

3476 (28%)

203 (14%)

 

Q2

3679 (25%)

3299 (25%)

380 (23%)

 

Q3

3678 (24%)

3215 (24%)

463 (27%)

 

Q4

3679 (24%)

3146 (23%)

533 (36%)

 
  1. OA Osteoarthritis, PIR poverty income ratio, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumferences, WHtR waist-to-height-ratio, TyG triglyceride-glucose index, VAI the visceral adiposity index, LAP lipid accumulation product.