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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2010 Mar 20;21(8):553–560. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.12.009

Table 4.

Odds ratios for the association of top tertile of steady-state plasma glucose concentrations with metabolic risk variables

Women (n=275) Men (n=204)
Univariate Multivariatea Univariate Multivariatea
Variables OR(95% Cl) P OR(95% Cl) P Variables OR(95% Cl) P OR(95% Cl) P
FPG ≥ 5.55 mmol/L 3.79(2.23–6.46) <0.001 3.33(1.87–5.92) <0.001 FPG≥ 5.55 mmol/L 1.60(0.90–2.84) 0.11
  <5.55 1.00 1.00 <5.55 1.00
WC ≥ 88 cm 3.77(1.82–7.83) <0.001 WC≥ 102 cm 4.36(2.29–8.28) <0.001 2.36(1.08–5.17) 0.03
  <88 1.00 <102 1.00 1.00
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 N/Ab BMI≥ 30 kg/m2 4.17(2.27–7.68) <0.001 2.55(1.21–5.38) 0.01
  <25 0.00 <30 1.00 1.00
SBP ≥ 130 mmHg 1.33(0.77–2.30) 0.31 SBP≥ 130 mmHg 1.88(1.06–3.34) 0.03 2.17(1.06–4.48) 0.04
  <130 1.00 <130 1.00 1.00
DBP ≥ 85 mmHg 0.92(0.36–2.39) 0.87 DBP≥ 85 mmHg 0.82(0.41–1.63) 0.57
  <85 1.00 <85 1.00
TG ≥ 1.70 mmol/L 3.60(2.00–6.45) <0.001 2.72(1.43–5.16) <0.001 TG≥ 1.70 mmol/L 2.55(1.43–4.54) <0.001 2.02(1.04–3.91) 0.04
  <1.70 1.00 1.00 <1.70 1.00 1.00
HDL-C < 1.30 mmol/L 3.00(1.80–5.01) <0.001 2.64(1.50–4.66) <0.001 HDL-C< 1.04 mmol/L 2.18(1.22–3.90) 0.008 1.96(1.01–3.80) 0.046
  ≥ 1.30 1.00 1.00 ≥ 1.04 1.00 1.00
TC ≥ 5.18 mmol/L 0.97(0.59–1.59) 0.90 TC≥ 5.18 mmol/L 1.37(0.77–2.42) 0.29
  <5.18 1.00 <5.18 1.00
LDL-C ≥ 4.14 mmol/L 0.64(0.29–1.45) 0.29 LDL-C≥ 4.14 mmol/L 0.96(0.41–2.25) 0.93
  <4.14 1.00 <4.14 1.00
a

In multivariate analysis, only variables that were statistically significant are listed.

b

N/A- Not applicable because the odds of insulin resistance in women with BMI <25kg/m2 equaled zero.