Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of predictors of cardiovascular events in subjects with and without metabolic syndrome

	With metabolic syndrome (29 events)		Without metabolic syndrome (39 events)
	Univariate OR (95% CI)	Multivariate OR (95% CI)	Univariate OR (95% CI)	Multivariate OR (95% CI)
n	221		342
IL-18 >277 pg/ml	3.6 (1.4–9.3)*	2.9 (1.1–7.8)†	1.3 (0.66–2.6)
IL-6 >1.53 pg/ml	3.5 (1.4–8.6)*	2.5 (0.97–6.6)	1.5 (0.76–3.0)
CRP >3.29 mg/l	3.6 (1.4–9.1)*	2.5 (0.89–6.9)	3.8 (1.8–8.1)*	3.3 (1.5–7.3)*
Systolic blood pressure >148 mmHg	2.0 (0.85–4.5)		2.8 (1.4–5.6)*	3.1 (1.4–6.5)*
Smoking (yes/no)	1.8 (0.83–4.1)		2.0 (1.0–3.9)†	2.5 (1.1–5.3)†
Fasting glucose >6.2 mmol/l	2.1 (0.97–4.7)		1.8 (0.75–4.5)
Previous CVD	1.3 (0.59–3.0)		1.6 (0.81–3.3)
Diet intervention (yes/no)	0.95 (0.44–2.0)		0.57 (0.28–1.1)

Cholesterol, age, triglycerides, BMI, statin use, ACE inhibitors, and n-3 PUFA intervention were excluded from the model (P > 0.25 in univariate analysis). Cutoffs are as described in Statistics.

^*P < 0.01;

^†P < 0.05.