TABLE 4.

Association Between Metabolic Syndrome Continuous Parameters and Central Retinal Venular 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)	3.13 (1.50)	0.0375	4.61 (1.67)	0.0062	3.74 (1.59)	0.0194
Number of the MetSyn components (range: 0–5)	1.42 (0.90)	0.1147	2.04 (0.96)	0.0340	1.93 (0.94)	0.0411
MetSyn Components (continuous scale)
Mean artery blood pressure	−0.14(0.14)	0.3128	−0.11 (0.15)	0.4506	0.26 (0.14)	0.0650
Waist circumference	0.07 (0.09)	0.4301	0.16 (0.11)	0.1325	0.08 (0.11)	0.4403
Triglycerides	0.00 (0.02)	0.7910	0.01 (0.01)	0.6723	0.00 (0.01)	0.9008
HDL cholesterol	−0.23 (0.09)	0.0102	−0.32 (0.10)	0.0017	−0.21 (0.09)	0.0176
Fasting glucose	0.14(0.06)	0.0202	0.17 (0.06)	0.0071	0.12(0.06)	0.0309

Model 1 is unadjusted. Model 2 is adjusted for age, sex, and smoking status. Model 3 is adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, C-reactive protein, antihypertensive medication, and CRAE.