Body Weight and Insulin Resistance Indicators Among Children

04 July 2026 : Clinical Research

Monika Gesek

^{ABCDEFG 1*}, Danuta Zarzycka

^{ACDFG 1}, Arkadiusz Jędrzejewski

^{ABCD 1}, Marzena Szczygielska^{ABCD 1}, Renata Widera^{ABCD 1}, Monika Wójtowicz-Marzec

^{ACDF 1}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951434

Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951434

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Table 7 Relationship between insulin resistance and sex and BMI levels of the study participants.

			HOMA-IR		χ2 P
			Norm (n=56)	Insulin resistance (n=43)	χ2 P
Sex/BMI	Girls, thinness and normal weight	n	22	21	χ=16.315P=0.00098
	Girls, thinness and normal weight	%	51.16%	48.84%
	Girls, overweight and obesity	n	6	12
	Girls, overweight and obesity	%	33.33%	66.67%
	Boys, thinness and normal weight	n	23	3
	Boys, thinness and normal weight	%	88.46%	11.54%
	Boys, overweight and obesity	n	5	7
	Boys, overweight and obesity	%	41.67%	58.33%
BMI, body mass index; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance index. χ, chi-square test result; , test probability.

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