Table 4.
Association between Type D personality and the various components of the metabolic syndrome in 359 attenders of an outpatient lipid clinic.
| Dependent Variable: Component of the Metabolic Syndrome |
Independent Variable: Type D Personality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| (European IDF definition) |
Crude Odds ratios (95% CI) |
p |
Adjusted Odds ratios* (95% CI) |
p |
| Increased waist circumference (≥94 cm in ♂ or ≥80 cm in ♀) |
2.43 (1.18-5.01) | 0.02 | 1.71 (0.73 - 3.99) | 0.21 |
| High fasting blood glucose (≥100 mg/dl) | 2.53 (1.59 - 4.00) | <0.001 | 2.13 (1.23-3.66) | 0.006 |
| Low HDL-C (<40 mg/dl in ♂ or <50 mg/dl in ♀) | 1.22 (0.76 - 1.95) | 0.41 | 1.36 (0.78-2.35) | 0.27 |
| High TG (≥ 150 mg/dl) | 2.19 (1.38-3.45) | 0.001 | 2.17 (1.28 - 3.68) | 0.004 |
| High BP (≥ 130/85 mmHg) | 2.54 (1.50-4.29) | 0.001 | 1.76 (0.97-3.19) | 0.06 |
Odds ratios from separate logistic regression models with each of the components of the metabolic syndrome as the dependent variable and Type D personality as the independent variable. *Odds ratios adjusted for: Age, gender, marital status, educational status, employment status, household income, smoking status, anxiety symptoms above cut-off and depressive symptoms above cut-off. Abbreviations: IDF: International Diabetes Federation; CI: confidence intervals