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Table 1 Summary of reports (sorted by sample size) on HOMA-IR cut-off in different populations

From: Insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) cut-off values and the metabolic syndrome in a general adult population: effect of gender and age: EPIRCE cross-sectional study

Study

Characteristics of study population

Threshold value

Criteria

Hedblad, 2000 [15]

N = 4,816 Sweden, population-based sample

≥ 2.0

75th percentile

Summer, 2008 [16]

N = 2804, U.S. NHANES population, age ≥ 20 yr., normal BMI and fasting glucose

≥2.73

66th percentile

Geloneze, 2006 [17]

N = 1317 Brazilian, age: 40 ± 12 yr, BMI: 34 ± 10 kg/m2

≥ 2.77

90th percentile

Esteghamati, 2009 [18]

N = 1,276 Iranian,

≥1.80

ROC

Age: 38 ± 12 yr, non-diabetic, normotensive

≥1.95

ROC

IDF-MetS

≥1.6

75th percentile

ATPIII-MetS

≥1.8

80th percentile

 

≥ 2.3

90th percentile

Marques-Vidal, 2002 [19]

N = 1153, France, age: 35–64 yr, population based sample

≥3.8

75th percentile

Do, 2010 [20]

N = 738 Thailand, age: ≥35 yr, normal BMI and fasting glucose

1.55

90th percentile

Miccoli, 2005 [38]

N = 225 Italian, age: 40–79 yr, healthy subjects

≥ 2.77

80th percentile

Nakai, 2002 [22]

N = 161 Japanese, age: 41.6 ± 0.4 yr, healthy subjects

≥ 1.7

90th percentile

Ascaso, 2001 [39]

N = 140 Spanish, age: 7–16 yr

3

ROC

Tome, 2009 [40]

N = 2860 Spanish, population based age: 18–104 yr, BMI: 26.2 ± 4.9 kg/m2

2

ROC