Neurology Research International / 2016 / Article / Tab 4 / Research Article
BMI, HOMA-IR, and Fasting Blood Glucose Are Significant Predictors of Peripheral Nerve Dysfunction in Adult Overweight and Obese Nondiabetic Nepalese Individuals: A Study from Central Nepal Table 4 Baseline characteristics of volunteers according to the total nerve. The values in the column of the mixed nerves outside the small bracket are the count per total and those inside the bracket are the percentage.
Mixed nerves Variables Peripheral nerve function Number of nerves involved Normal ( ) Abnormal ( ) value<2 ( ) ≥2 ( ) value Age (years)39.5 (13.0) 40.5 (13.0) 0.591 40.0 (14.0) 41.0 (13.0) 0.420 Gender (female) 9 (90) 36 (90) 1.000 12 (80) 33 (94.3) 0.152 Socioeconomic status 0.464 0.740 Lower 1 (10) 2 (5) 1 (6.7) 2 (5.7) Lower middle 1 (10) 12 (30) 3 (20) 10 (28.6) Upper lower 5 (50) 20 (50) 7 (46.7) 18 (51.4) Upper middle 3 (30) 6 (15) 4 (26.7) 5 (14.3) Alcohol consumer 1 (10.0) 3 (7.5) 1.000 2 (13.3) 2 (5.7) 0.574 Smoker 1 (10) 397.5) 1.000 2 (13.3) 2 (5.7) 0.574 Exercise 3 (30) 11 (27.5) 1.000 3 (20) 11 (31.4) 0.574 Obesity in family 1 (10) 4 (10) 1.000 1 (6.7) 4 (11.4) 1.000 Diabetes in family 0 1 (2.5) 1.000 0 1 (2.9) 1.000 Hypertension history 0.405 0.420 None 6 (60.0) 28 (70.0) 10 (66.7) 24 (68.6) <1 to 5 years 4 (40.0) 9 (22.5) 5 (33.3) 8 (22.9) 5 to >10 years 0 3 (7.5) 0 3 (8.6) Time of weight gained 0.203 0.520 <1 to 5 years 9 (90) 22 (55) 11 (73.3) 20 (57.1) 5 to 10 years 0 7 (17.5) 2 (13.3) 5 (14.3) 10 to 15 years 1 (10) 7 (17.5) 2 (13.3) 6 (17.1) 15 to >20 years 0 4 (10) 0 4 (11.4) Height (m)1.52 (0.04) 1.50 (0.08) 0.558 1.52 (0.04) 1.50 (0.08) 0.457 Weight (kg)71.50 ± 7.59 75.50 ± 10.53 0.265 71.53 ± 6.61 76.06 ± 11.04 0.147 BMI (kg/m2 )30.75 ± 3.17 32.99 ± 4.12 0.116 30.82 ± 2.85 33.28 ± 4.26 0.047 BMI class 0.225 0.471 Obese-I 4 (40) 8 (20) 5 (33.3) 7 (20.0) Obese-II 6 (60) 32 (80) 10 (66.7) 28 (80) Waist-hip ratio0.86 ± 0.08 0.88 ± 0.07 0.433 0.88 ± 0.09 0.87 ± 0.06 0.736 Waist-height ratio0.62 ± 0.06 0.63 ± 0.06 0.60 0.62 ± 0.06 0.63 ± 0.06 0.384 Fasting BGL (mg/dL)93.35 ± 7.24 97.39 ± 12.58 0.337 95.65 ± 11.24 96.98 ± 12.11 0.719 BGL at 2 h (mg/dL)115.85 (30.83) 123.10 (41.92) 0.234 114.70 (31.90) 124.00 (30.90) 0.330 Fasting serum insulin10.27 (5.78) 10.19 (6.72) 0.896 9.96 (3.85) 10.54 (7.83) 0.433 Serum insulin at 2 h63.18 (33.04) 63.79 (83.19) 0.693 60.83 (35.73) 64.41 (84.52) 0.357 hsCRP 2 (20) 13 (32.5) 0.702 3 (20) 12 (34.3) 0.502 HOMA-IR2.34 (1.42) 2.45 (1.66) 0.858 2.22 (1.05) 2.47 (1.78) 0.427 HOMA-IR class 0.730 1.000 <2 3 (30) 15 (37.5) 5 (33.3) 13 (37.1) >2 7 (70) 25 (62.5) 10 (66.7) 22 (62.9) QUICKI0.33 ± 0.03 0.34 ± 0.03 0.869 0.34 ± 0.03 0.33 ± 0.02 0.441
Mean ± SD, median (IQR), and significant at .