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. 2010 Apr 7:7:26.
doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-7-26.

Optimal cut-off of homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome: third national surveillance of risk factors of non-communicable diseases in Iran (SuRFNCD-2007)

Alireza Esteghamati  1 , Haleh Ashraf, Omid Khalilzadeh, Ali Zandieh, Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Armin Rashidi, Mehrdad Haghazali, Fereshteh Asgari
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Optimal cut-off of homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome: third national surveillance of risk factors of non-communicable diseases in Iran (SuRFNCD-2007)

Alireza Esteghamati et al. Nutr Metab (Lond). .

Abstract

Aim: We have recently determined the optimal cut-off of the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance for the diagnosis of insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in non-diabetic residents of Tehran, the capital of Iran. The aim of the present study is to establish the optimal cut-off at the national level in the Iranian population with and without diabetes.

Methods: Data of the third National Surveillance of Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases, available for 3,071 adult Iranian individuals aging 25-64 years were analyzed. MetS was defined according to the Adult Treatment Panel III (ATPIII) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria. HOMA-IR cut-offs from the 50th to the 95th percentile were calculated and sensitivity, specificity, and positive likelihood ratio for MetS diagnosis were determined. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of HOMA-IR for MetS diagnosis were depicted, and the optimal cut-offs were determined by two different methods: Youden index, and the shortest distance from the top left corner of the curve.

Results: The area under the curve (AUC) (95%CI) was 0.650 (0.631-0.670) for IDF-defined MetS and 0.683 (0.664-0.703) with the ATPIII definition. The optimal HOMA-IR cut-off for the diagnosis of IDF- and ATPIII-defined MetS in non-diabetic individuals was 1.775 (sensitivity: 57.3%, specificity: 65.3%, with ATPIII; sensitivity: 55.9%, specificity: 64.7%, with IDF). The optimal cut-offs in diabetic individuals were 3.875 (sensitivity: 49.7%, specificity: 69.6%) and 4.325 (sensitivity: 45.4%, specificity: 69.0%) for ATPIII- and IDF-defined MetS, respectively.

Conclusion: We determined the optimal HOMA-IR cut-off points for the diagnosis of MetS in the Iranian population with and without diabetes.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
The optimal cut point of homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) for diagnosis of metabolic syndrome. The diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome are those recommended by the international diabetes federation (IDF) (left) and Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) (right). The top panels (A) show the results in non-diabetic individuals and the bottom panels (B) refer to diabetic individuals.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Positive likelihood ratios of different HOMA-IR percentiles for prediction of IDF- and ATPIII-defined metabolic syndrome. The results in non-diabetic and diabetic individuals are shown in the left and right panels, respectively.
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