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Observational studyNutrients2023

Influence of Sociodemographic Variables and Healthy Habits on the Values of Insulin Resistance Indicators in 386,924 Spanish Workers.

Miguel Mestre Font, Carla Busquets-Cortés, José Ignacio Ramírez-Manent, Pilar Tomás-Gil, Hernán Paublini, Ángel Arturo López-González

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Observational study in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miguel Mestre FontADEMA-Health Group, Instituto Universitario en Ciencias de la Salud, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain.
Carla Busquets-CortésADEMA-Health Group, Instituto Universitario en Ciencias de la Salud, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9367-2137
José Ignacio Ramírez-ManentADEMA-Health Group, Instituto Universitario en Ciencias de la Salud, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6887-4562
Pilar Tomás-GilADEMA-Health Group, Instituto Universitario en Ciencias de la Salud, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain.
Hernán PaubliniADEMA-Health Group, Instituto Universitario en Ciencias de la Salud, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain.
Ángel Arturo López-GonzálezADEMA-Health Group, Instituto Universitario en Ciencias de la Salud, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7439-8117
Universitat de les Illes Balears · ESHealth Research Institute of the Balearic Islands · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInsulin resistance (IR) is an alteration of the action of insulin in cells, which do not respond adequately to this action, leading to an increase in blood glucose levels. IR produces a very diverse clinical picture and increases the cardiometabolic risk of the population that suffers from it. Among the factors that influence IR are genetics, unhealthy lifestyle habits, overweight, and obesity. The objective of this work was to determine how different sociodemographic variables and healthy habits influence the values of different scales that assess the risk of presenting IR in a group of Spanish workers.

methodsAn observational, cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out in 386,924 workers from different Spanish regions. Different sociodemographic variables and lifestyle habits were studied (age, social class, educational level, smoking, Mediterranean diet, physical exercise) along with their association with four scales to evaluate the risk of insulin resistance (TyG index, TyG-BMI, METS-IR, TG/HDL-c). To analyse the quantitative variables, Student's

resultsIn the multivariate analysis, all variables, except educational level, increased the risk of presenting high values on the IR risk scales, especially a sedentary lifestyle and low adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

conclusionsOur results demonstrate an association between the practice of regular physical exercise and a reduction in the risk of IR; a strong role of the Mediterranean diet as a protective factor for IR; an association between aging and increased IR, which has also been suggested in other studies; and, finally, a relationship between a low socioeconomic level and an increase in IR.

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Insulin ResistanceBlood GlucoseBody Mass IndexCross-Sectional StudiesHumansObesityOverweightTriglyceridesBlood GlucoseTriglyceridesinsulin resistanceMediterranean dietphysical exercisesmokingsocial class

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PMID38140381
PMCPMC10746000
OpenAlexW4389883692

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