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. 2018 Feb 19;21(8):1546–1553. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017004256

Table 3.

Prevalence ratio (PR) and 95 % CI of relative leg length on metabolic syndrome in men. Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2008–2010

Model 0 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
PR 95 % CI PR 95 % CI PR 95 % CI PR 95 % CI
Relative leg length
High 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Medium 1·19 1·07, 1·32 1·23 1·10, 1·36 1·21 1·09, 1·35 1·21 1·09, 1·35
Low 1·46 1·29, 1·66 1·51 1·34, 1·71 1·47 1·30, 1·66 1·46 1·29, 1·65

Ref., reference category.

Relative leg length: high, above mean+1 sd; medium, mean±1 sd; low, below mean−1 sd.

Model 0, crude model; Model 1, Model 0 plus age, race/skin colour and education; Model 2, Model 1 plus physical activities, smoking and alcohol consumption; Model 3, Model 2 plus BMI at age 20 years.