moderately significantp= 0.037
6 According to a study by Chang-Rueda et al, among children and adolescents, HOMA-IR had a moderately significant correlation with an increase in BMI percentile for age (r=0.198, p= 0.037). 7 The result showed that the combined prevalence of obesity and overweight was 66% with insulin ( p= 0.010) and HOMA-IR ( p= 0.015) values higher than those in the normal weight group.