Table 3.

Logistic regression results for associations between meal regularity at age 16 years and the metabolic syndrome at age 43 years for participants from the Northern Swedish Cohort

		Unadjusted		Model 1*		Model 2†		Model 3‡
	n	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
All meals regularly	439	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
One meal irregularly	332	1·19	0·85, 1·65	1·19	0·85, 1·66	1·13	0·80, 1·59	0·97	0·68, 1·39
Two or all meals irregularly	115	1·74	1·12, 2·71	1·70	1·09, 2·66	1·54	0·97, 2·44	1·18	0·71, 1·95
P for trend§		0·008		0·010		0·048		0·476

Ref., reference category.

^*Model 1=adjusted for sex.

^†Model 2=model 1 plus adjustment for BMI at age 16 years.

^‡Model 3=model 2 plus adjustment for smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and consumption of sweets and pastries at age 16 years.

^§ P for trend for none to three irregular meals.