Table 3.

Odds Ratio and 95% Confidence Intervals of High Sodium-sensitivity during Low-sodium and High-sodium Intervention According to Number of Metabolic Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome Status

Variable	Age-gender-adjusted		Multiple-adjusted*
	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P Value	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P Value
Low-sodium Intervention
1 risk factor †	1.33 (1.03,1.71)		1.33 (1.03, 1.73)
2 risk factors†	1.54 (1.16,2.04)	<0.0001	1.56 (1.16, 2.12)	<0.0001
3 risk factors†	2.32 (1.66,3.25)		2.37 (1.61, 3.49)
4 or 5 risk factors†	3.36 (2.06,5.47)		3.54 (2.05, 6.11)
Metabolic syndrome‡	2.06 (1.59, 2.68)	<0.0001	1.92 (1.43, 2.59)	<0.0001
High-sodium Intervention
1 risk factor†	1.02 (0.79, 1.32)		1.04 (0.80, 1.36)
2 risk factors†	1.31 (0.99, 1.74)	<0.0001	1.42 (1.05, 1.93)	0.0002
3 risk factors†	1.57 (1.12, 2.22)		1.74 (1.17, 2.58)
4 or 5 risk factors†	2.90 (1.78, 4.72)		3.13 (1.80, 5.43)
Metabolic syndrome‡	1.73 (1.33, 2.25)	<0.0001	1.70 (1.26, 2.31)	0.0006

^*Adjusted for age, gender, education, physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, BMI, and 24-hour urinary excretion of sodium and potassium at baseline examination.

^†Compared with those with 0 metabolic risk factors

^‡Compared with those with 2 or less metabolic risk factors