Table 3.

HRs and 95% CI for MetS and abdominal obesity according to individual lifestyle scores (unhealthy, 0–1 factors; moderate, 2–3 factors; and healthy, 4–5 factors) based on the 6 lifestyle factors.

	MetS (n = 126)			Abdominal obesity (n = 375)
Lifestyle factors	Person-years	Incident cases	HRs (95% CI)	Person-years	Incident cases	HRs (95% CI)
Healthy (4–5 factors)	707.9	14	Ref.	707.9	49	Ref.
Moderate (2–3 factors)	1109.9	31	1.324 (0.702–2.496)	1107.3	76	0.979 (0.682–1.405)
Unhealthy (0–1 factors)	826.4	81	1.910 (0.968–3.770)	829.0	250	1.937 (1.335–2.810)

Cox proportional hazard regression was performed after adjusting age, gender, BMI, education level, household income and energy intake (kcal).

BMI = body mass index, CI = confidence interval, HRs = hazard ratios, MetS = metabolic syndrome.