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. 2010 Nov 19;10:714. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-714

Table 5.

Logistic regression of metabolic syndrome

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
95% CI for OR 95% CI for OR 95% CI for OR
OR Lower Upper Sig. OR Lower Upper Sig. OR Lower Upper Sig.

Type D (yes) 2.31 1.32 4.05 .003 2.17 1.19 3.97 .011 2.19 1.20 4.02 .011
Gender (male) 1.16 0.74 1.84 .514 1.02 0.63 1.67 .933 1.03 0.63 1.68 .920
Age < 45 years .000 .000 .000
 45-65 years 12.5 4.94 31.6 .000 9.86 3.85 25.2 .000 9.72 3.79 24.9 .000
 >65 years 27.8 10.6 73.1 .000 13.3 4.84 36.5 .000 13.2 4.78 36.3 .000
With partner (yes) 3.58 1.50 8.56 .004 4.36 1.75 10.9 .002 4.24 1.70 10.6 .002
College Education (yes) 0.91 0.54 1.54 .737 0.90 0.52 1.56 .713 0.90 0.52 1.57 .714
CVD (yes) 6.32 3.69 10.8 .000 6.25 3.60 10.8 .000
CVD family history (yes) 1.12 0.69 1.81 .657 1.13 0.69 1.83 .635
Smoking (yes) 0.81 0.44 1.48 .495 0.82 0.45 1.49 .508
Alcohol use > 1 (yes) 0.72 0.41 1.27 .250 0.71 0.40 1.25 .237
Healthy exercise norm (not adhering) reference .921
1.17 0.52 2.65 .705
0.99 0.57 1.74 .982
Diet guidelines (not adhering) reference .729
0.74 0.34 1.62 .452
1.00 0.59 1.69 .999
-2LL of the model started at 605.65 570.35 522.53 521.80

CVD = Cardiovascular Disease

N = 1400 cases in the analysis