Table 2.
Hazard ratios for distal colon adenomas according to the number of metabolic syndrome components
| Number of MS diagnostic criteria present | Cases | Person years | Age-, sex-adjusted hazard ratio | 95% CI | Multivariate hazard ratio1 | 95% CI | ||
| 0 | 434 | 1446 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | 504 | 1697 | 1.18 | 0.83 | 1.67 | 1.76 | 0.94 | 3.29 |
| 2 | 361 | 1272 | 1.02 | 0.70 | 1.50 | 1.69 | 0.86 | 3.29 |
| 3 | 182 | 610 | 1.36 | 0.88 | 2.10 | 1.48 | 0.66 | 3.36 |
| 4 | 64 | 224 | 1.35 | 0.73 | 2.47 | 2.14 | 0.81 | 5.63 |
| 5 | 17 | 62 | 1.52 | 0.54 | 4.28 | 2.92 | 0.62 | 13.73 |
1
Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, drinking status, exercise status. CI: Confidence Interval; MS: Metabolic syndrome.