Table 4

Association between cardiometabolic phenotype and quartiles of DIL and DIL Scores of AZAR cohort population

Quartiles of DILQuartiles of DII
1 (n=3711)2 (n=3730)3 (n=3725)4 (3726)1 (n=3708)2 (n=3726)3 (n=3730)4 (3728)
Q rang≤99 828.0599 828.06–129348.53129 348.54–171278.60>171 278.61≤44.4344.44–48.6448.65–55.29>55.30
Crude
MUHNReference0.54 (0.38–0.75)0.32 (0.22–0.47)0.21 (0.14–0.32)Reference0.47 (0.33–0.66)0.46 (0.32–0.64)0.18 (0.11–0.28)
MHOReference0.95 (0.83–1.08)0.83 (0.73–0.95)0.76 (0.67–0.86)Reference0.91 (0.80–1.04)0.92 (0.81–1.04)0.77 (0.68–0.88)
MUHOReference0.65 (0.57–0.75)0.50 (0.44–0.57)0.37 (0.33–0.43)Reference0.68 (0.59–0.77)0.53 (0.47–0.61)0.39 (0.34–0.45)
MUHN
Model 1Reference0.66 (0.46–0.93)0.45 (0.30–0.67)0.34 (0.22–0.53)Reference0.59 (0.410.84)0.58 (0.41–0.83)0.24 (0.15–0.37)
Model2Reference061 (0.42–0.90)0.38 (0.23–0.62)0.23 (0.12–0.47)Reference0.57 (0.40–0.81)0.57 (0.40–0.82)0.24 (0.15–0.37)
MHO
Model1Reference1.05 (0.91–1.20)1.03 (0.90–1.18)1.04 (0.90–1.20)Reference0.97 (0.85–1.11)1.03 (0.90–1.17)0.88 (0.78–1.01)
Model2Reference1.01 (0.87–1.16)0.94 (0.80–1.09)0.85 (0.74–1.04)Reference0.91 (0.80–1.04)0.94 (0.82–1.07)0.80 (0.70–0.91)
MUHO
Model1Reference0.88 (0.76–1.01)0.85 (0.74–0.99)0.80 (0.69–0.93)Reference0.86 (0.75–0.99)0.74 (0.64–0.85)0.57 (0.50–0.66)
Model2Reference0.48 (0.38–0.59)0.65 (0.55–0.76)0.772 (0.66–0.89)Reference0.77 (0.67–0.89)0.64 (0.56–0.74)0.48 (0.42–0.561)
Male
Crude
MUHNReference0.54 (0.30–0.97)0.40 (0.23–0.71)0.24 (0.13–0.43)Reference0.57 (0.33–0.99)0.45 (0.26–0.77)0.25 (0.14–0.46)
MHOReference1.17 (0.92–1.48)1.18 (0.94–1.48)1.24 (1.00–1.54)Reference1.02 (0.83–1.24)1.06 (0.87–1.28)0.90 (0.75–1.09)
MUHOReference0.66 (0.52–0.83)0.70 (0.55–0.90)0.78 (0.60–1.01)Reference0.86 (0.70–1.07)0.65 (0.53–0.80)0.52 (0.42–0.64)
MUHN
Model 1Reference0.56 (0.31–1.02)0.44 (0.25–0.79)0.28 (0.15–0.52)Reference0.64 (0.37–1.11)0.46 (0.27(0.80)0.27 (0.15–0.50)
Model2Reference0.49 (0.26–0.92)0.34 (0.17–0.69)0.17 (0.06–0.46)Reference0.66 (0.38–1.14)0.50 (0.29–0.86)0.30 (0.16–0.55)
MHO
Model1Reference1.12 (0.88–1.42)1.10 (0.88–1.39)1.16 (0.93–1.45)Reference0.99 (0.81–1.21)1.01 (0.84–1.22)0.86 (0.71–1.03)
Model2Reference1.05 (0.82–1.35)0.98 (0.76–1.26)0.93 (0.70–1.24)Reference0.98 (0.80–1.19)0.99 (0.81–1.20)0.82 (0.68–1)
MUHO
Model1Reference0.78 (0.60–1.01)0.72 (0.56–0.92)0.70 (0.55–0.89)Reference0.89 (0.72–1.11)0.65 (0.53–0.81)0.53 (0.43–0.65)
Model2Reference0.68 (0.52–0.89)0.55 (0.42–0.73)0.41 (0.30–0.57)Reference0.89 (0.71–1.11)0.64 (0.52–0.80)0.51 (0.41–0.63)
Female
Crude
MUHNReference0.60 (0.39–0.92)0.31 (0.17–0.56)0.29 (0.14–0.60)Reference0.45 (0.28–0.72)0.62((0.39–0.98)0.15 (0.07–0.32)
MHOReference1.09 (0.92–1.29)1.08 (0.90–1.30)0.95 (0.77–1.18)Reference0.98 (0.82–1.17)1.09 (0.91–1.32)0.97 (0.80–1.17)
MUHOReference0.80 (0.68–0.95)0.77 (0.64–0.93)0.62 (0.50–0.77)Reference0.74 (0.62–0.89)0.72 (0.60–0.87)0.55 (0.45–0.66)
MUHN
Model 1Reference0.77 (0.50–1.18)0.43 (0.23–0.78)0.42 (0.20–0.88)Reference0.55 (0.34–0.89)0.78 (0.49–1.25)0.18 (0.08–0.39)
Model2Reference0.66 (0.40–1.10)0.33 (0.15–0.70)0.29 (0.11–0.78)Reference0.57 (0.35–0.92)0.82 (0.51–1.31)0.19 (0.09–0.41)
MHO
Model1Reference1.06 (0.90–1.26)1.06 (0.88–1.28)0.95 (0.6–1.17)Reference0.96 (0.808–1.15)1.07 (0.89–1.30)0.95 (0.78–1.14)
Model2Reference0.98 (0.81–1.19)0.92 (0.73–1.18)0.77 (0.57–1.05)Reference0.95 (0.8–1.14)1.06 (0.88–1.29)0.93 (0.77–1.13)
MUHO
Model1Reference0.95 (0.80–1.13)0.96 (0.79–1.17)0.81 (0.64–1.01)Reference0.84 (0.70–1.01)0.84 (0.69–1.02)0.62 (0.51–0.76)
Model2Reference0.78 (0.64–0.95)0.67 (0.52–0.86)0.47 (0.34–0.66)Reference0.83 (0.69–1.00)0.83 (0.68–1.01)0.60 (0.49–0.74)
  • Metabolically Healthy Lean (MHL) was considered as a reference group; Model 1: adjusted for age, gender, education level, WSI; Model 2 adjusted for age, gender, MET, energy intake. Adjusted for gender where appropriate.

  • DII, Dietary Insulin Index; DIL, dietary insulin load; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; MHO, Metabolically Healthy Obese; MUHN, Metabolically Unhealthy Normal Weight; MUHO, Metabolically Unhealthy Obese; WSI, Wealth Score Index.