Associations between Insulin Index and dietary insulin load with cardiometabolic phenotype in the AZAR cohort population in north-western Iran: a cross-sectionalstudy.

DII and DIL were correlated with a decreased OR of unhealthy phenotypes. We suggest the reason may be either a lifestyle change in metabolically unhealthy participants or elevated insulin secretion not being as detrimental as previously thought. Further studies can confirm these speculations.