Clinical and metabolic characteristics of the study participants in the total group and according to HOMA-IR.

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; c-f PWV: carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FG: fasting glucose; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; LTL: leukocyte telomere length; SBP: systolic blood pressure; TA: telomerase activity; 2h OGTT:2-h glucose level following the oral glucose tolerance test; P-value: p between HOMA-IR ≤ 2.5 and HOMA-IR >2.5 groups Clinical and metabolic characteristics of the study participants in the total group and according to HOMA-IR.