TABLE 4.

Adjusted^* Association of Fetuin-A Quartiles With Individual Components of the Metabolic Syndrome

	Fetuin-A Quartile Groups
	1	2		3		4
	Reference	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	P
Fasting glucose ≥110 mg/dL or taking diabetes medication	1	1.0	0.6–1.7	1.0	0.6–1.6	1.2	0.7–2.0	0.55
SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥85 mm Hg	1	1.0	0.6–1.5	0.9	0.6–1.5	1.0	0.6–1.7	0.99
Waist circumference >40 in for men or >35 in for women	1	0.4	0.2–0.9	0.5	0.3–1.2	0.6	0.3–1.3	0.35
HDL <40 mg/dL in men or <50 mg/dL in women	1	1.3	0.8–2.1	1.3	0.8–2.1	2.0	1.2–3.4	0.01
Triglycerides ≥150 mg/dL	1	3.1	1.6–6.0	3.2	1.7–6.1	5.6	2.9–10.8	<0.001
LDL ≥130 mg/dL†	1	2.3	1.2–4.5	2.6	1.3–5.2	4.6	2.4–8.8	<0.001
Non-HDL cholesterol ≥160 mg/dL‡	1	3.6	1.5–8.4	3.5	1.5–8.2	7.8	3.4–17.5	<0.001

SBP indicates systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

^*Adjusted for age, sex, race, tobacco use, alcohol use, creatinine clearance, body mass index, hypertension, albumin, LDL, fibrinogen, and CRP.

^†LDL was not adjusted in this model because LDL ≥130 mg/dL served as the dependent variable.

^‡LDL was not adjusted in this model because non-HDL is collinear with LDL and non-HDL cholesterol served as the dependent variable.