TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender differences in the association between food insecurity and insulin resistance among U.S. adults
T2 - National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2010
AU - Liu, Junxiu
AU - Park, Yong Moon Mark
AU - Berkowitz, Seth A.
AU - Hu, Qingwei
AU - Han, Kyungdo
AU - Ortaglia, Andrew
AU - McKeown, Robert E.
AU - Liese, Angela D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - Purpose: To examine gender-specific associations between food insecurity and insulin resistance in a representative U.S. population. Methods: Data on 5533 adults of 20years of age or more (2742 men and 2791 women) without diabetes from the 2005-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. Respondents were categorized as having full, marginal, low, or very low food security using a validated scale. Insulin-resistant individuals were defined as those with a homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance value 2.5 or more. Results: Insulin resistance was higher in both normal-weight (P=001) and overweight or obese (P<.001) women with lower food security, but no linear trend was found in men. In multiple logistic regression analyses, however, very low food security-compared with full food security-was associated with insulin resistance in normal-weight men (odds ratio, 3.99; 95% confidence interval, 1.71-9.33), and marginal food insecurity was associated with insulin resistance in overweight or obese men (odds ratio, 2.07; 95% confidence interval, 1.18-3.64) after adjusting for potential confounders. In women, the association between food insecurity and insulin resistance was no longer significant after adjustment. Conclusions: Food insecurity is associated with insulin resistance in adults without diabetes, and this effect varies by gender in normal-weight and overweight or obese populations. Improving food security status may help reduce insulin resistance, an underlying risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
AB - Purpose: To examine gender-specific associations between food insecurity and insulin resistance in a representative U.S. population. Methods: Data on 5533 adults of 20years of age or more (2742 men and 2791 women) without diabetes from the 2005-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. Respondents were categorized as having full, marginal, low, or very low food security using a validated scale. Insulin-resistant individuals were defined as those with a homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance value 2.5 or more. Results: Insulin resistance was higher in both normal-weight (P=001) and overweight or obese (P<.001) women with lower food security, but no linear trend was found in men. In multiple logistic regression analyses, however, very low food security-compared with full food security-was associated with insulin resistance in normal-weight men (odds ratio, 3.99; 95% confidence interval, 1.71-9.33), and marginal food insecurity was associated with insulin resistance in overweight or obese men (odds ratio, 2.07; 95% confidence interval, 1.18-3.64) after adjusting for potential confounders. In women, the association between food insecurity and insulin resistance was no longer significant after adjustment. Conclusions: Food insecurity is associated with insulin resistance in adults without diabetes, and this effect varies by gender in normal-weight and overweight or obese populations. Improving food security status may help reduce insulin resistance, an underlying risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
KW - Food insecurity
KW - Gender difference
KW - Insulin resistance
KW - NHANES
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U2 - 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.06.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 26189664
AN - SCOPUS:84939650344
SN - 1047-2797
VL - 25
SP - 643
EP - 648
JO - Annals of Epidemiology
JF - Annals of Epidemiology
IS - 9
ER -