TABLE 3.

Association Between Metabolic Syndrome Parameters and Central Retinal Arterioles Equivalent (μm), BCOPS 2010–2014

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	β (SE)	P	β (SE)	P	β (SE)	P
Metabolic syndrome severity score (z-score)	−1.28 (1.02)	0.2095	−0.81 (1.12)	0.4721	−2.26 (0.98)	0.0225
Number of the MetSyn components (range: 0–5)	−1.20 (0.65)	0.0482	−0.79 (0.64)	0.2152	−1.40 (0.58)	0.0176
MetSyn Components (continuous scale)
Mean artery blood pressure	−0.03 (0.09)	<0.0001	−0.53 (0.10)	<0.0001	−0.48 (0.08)	<0.0001
Waist circumference	−0.11 (0.06)	0.0670	−0.09 (0.07)	0.2105	−0.13 (0.06)	0.0357
Triglycerides	−0.01 (0.01)	0.4268	−0.01 (0.01)	0.5618	−0.01 (0.01)	0.4070
HDL cholesterol	−0.04 (0.06)	0.5773	−0.07 (0.07)	0.3395	0.04 (0.06)	0.4713
Fasting glucose	0.00 (0.04)	0.9629	0.03 (0.04)	0.5199	−0.03 (0.04)	0.5047

The values in boldface are statistically significant results.

Model 1 was unadjusted. Model 2 was adjusted for age, sex, and smoking status. Model 3 was adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, antihypertension medication, and CRVE.