Table 3.

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of the metabolic syndrome. Multivariate multiple imputation logistic regression models: non-retired men and women in the Whitehall II cohort at phase 5

	Including patients who were obese at baseline			Excluding patients who were obese at baseline
	No of cases/total	Adjusted for age+employment grade	Adjusted for age+employment grade+health behaviours	No of cases/total	Adjusted for age+employment grade+health behaviours
Men and women:
No exposures	491/5178	1.00	1.00	388/4881	1.00
1 exposure	134/1253	1.13 (0.70 to 1.82)	1.12 (0.70 to 1.82)	103/1165	1.11 (0.60 to 2.03)
2 exposures	54/383	1.55 (0.85 to 2.85)	1.53 (0.87 to 2.69)	41/356	1.47 (0.74 to 2.92)
≥3 exposures	41/220	2.25 (1.31 to 3.85)	2.39 (1.36 to 4.21)	30/198	2.29 (1.27 to 4.12)
P for linear trend		<0.01	<0.00		0.01
Men:
No exposures	341/3564	1.00	1.00	281/3407	1.00
1 exposure	95/900	1.11 (0.73 to 1.67)	1.11 (0.73 to 1.69)	77/851	1.12 (0.67 to 1.87)
2 exposures	37/252	1.64 (0.98 to 2.73)	1.57 (0.92 to 2.65)	31/238	1.56 (0.93 to 2.63)
≥3 exposures	32/181	2.01 (0.88 to 4.58)	2.17 (0.92 to 5.09)	24/166	2.04 (0.86 to 4.85)
P for linear trend		0.03	0.03		0.04
Women:
No exposures	150/1614	1.00	1.00	107/1474	1.00
1 exposure	40/353	1.23 (0.40 to 3.74)	1.27 (0.42 to 3.84)	25/314	1.22 (0.28 to 5.37)
2 exposures	17/131	1.27 (0.34 to 4.83)	1.45 (0.45 to 4.75)	10/118	1.09 (0.15 to 7.94)
≥3 exposures	9/39	3.73 (0.88 to 15.75)	3.72 (0.79 to 17.53)	6/32	4.69 (0.79 to 27.86)
P for linear trend		0.23	0.11		0.26