Lifestyle factors may be key to preventing insulin resistance

Investigators analyzed the relationship between the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 scores and the risk of insulin resistance, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

In the cross-sectional study, the investigators used the 2005 to 2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the association between Life’s Essential 8 scores and insulin resistance in 11,246 adult patients without diabetes in the United States.

They discovered that the patients who had higher Life’s Essential 8 scores had a lower risk of insulin resistance — especially those who identified as white, achieved a higher level of education, had a higher income and were not diagnosed with hypertension, cardiovascular disease or chronic kidney disease.

The investigators concluded that using Life’s Essential 8 scores when evaluating the cardiovascular health of patients without diabetes may help mitigate insulin resistance among this patient population.

Read more: Journal of the American Heart Association

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