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. 2023 Aug 31;20:36. doi: 10.1186/s12986-023-00760-1

Table 2.

Association between starchy vegetable consumption and MetS risk

Category of starchy vegetable intake P trend
0 serving/day < 2 servings/day ≥ 2 servings/day Per SD increase

Total starchy vegetables

(0-6249.13 g/day)

No. of participants 8329 6424 9893
 Model 1 Ref 1.03(0.92,1.14) 1.23(1.11,1.35) 1.12(1.07,1.16) < 0.001
 Model 2 Ref 1.00(0.90,1.12) 1.16(1.05,1.28) 1.09(1.05,1.14) 0.004
 Model 3 Ref 0.98(0.88,1.10) 1.14(1.02, 1.28) 1.06(1.02,1.11) 0.028

White potatoes

(0-3828.25 g/day)

No. of participants 10,745 6430 7471
 Model 1 Ref 1.08(0.98,1.20) 1.28(1.17,1.41) 1.12(1.08,1.17) < 0.001
 Model 2 Ref 1.08(0.97,1.20) 1.23(1.12,1.36) 1.12(1.07,1.16) < 0.001
 Model 3 Ref 1.04(0.93,1.16) 1.16(1.04,1.30) 1.08(1.04,1.13) 0.011

Other starchy vegetables

(0-3568.88 g/day)

No. of participants 17,646 3067 3933
 Model 1 Ref 1.09(0.97,1.22) 1.12(1.01,1.24) 1.05(1.01,1.09) 0.020
 Model 2 Ref 0.97(0.86,1.10) 1.01(0.90,1.12) 1.02(0.98,1.06) 0.921
 Model 3 Ref 0.97(0.85,1.10) 0.98(0.87,1.10) 0.99(0.95,1.04) 0.615

Model 1: None

Model 2: Age, gender, race

Model 3: Age, gender, race, marital status, PIR, BMI, education, smoking, alcohol status, physical activity, serum creatinine, uric acid, ALT, AST, energy, fruits, carbohydrate, whole grains, meat, nuts, and non-starchy vegetables. Of note, potatoes and other starchy vegetables were mutually adjusted