Additionally, the ORs for prediabetes, high insulin and high HOMA-IR were significantly lower for the participants in higher STf, tertiles, with ORs of 0.53 (95% CI: 0.34; 0.82), 0.48 (CI 95: 0.28; 0.82) and 0.37 (95% CI: 0.22; 0.64), respectively. Here, INS is linked to prediabetes syndrome.