Associations of Insulin Resistance Surrogate Indices With Component-Defined Metabolically Unhealthy Phenotype Among Women With Overweight or Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of CHNS and NHANES

Background

Women with overweight or obesity are metabolically heterogeneous, and body mass index (BMI) alone does not fully characterise their endocrine and metabolic health. We examined associations between five insulin resistance surrogate indices and a component-defined metabolically unhealthy phenotype (MUP) to characterise insulin resistance-related metabolic variation in this population.

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