Table 3.

Hazard ratios for distal colon adenomas according to individual components of metabolic syndrome and lifestyle factors

Characteristics	Cases	Person years	Age-, sex-adjustedhazard ratio	95% CI		Multivariate hazard ratio2	95% Cl
DBP
< 85	1237	4106	1.00			1.00
≥ 85	325	1206	0.75	0.54	1.04	0.68	0.35	1.29
SBP
< 130	1085	3648	1.00			1.00
≥ 130	477	1664	0.97	0.73	1.29	1.50	0.82	2.73
BMI
< 25	1084	3688	1.00			1.00
≥ 25	478	1623	1.39	1.07	1.82	1.66	1.05	2.62
HDL
≥ 40 (≥ 501)	1065	3641	1.00			1.00
< 40 (< 501)	497	1671	1.19	0.88	1.60	1.04	0.57	1.88
TG
< 150	1187	4025	1.00			1.00
≥ 150	375	1287	0.96	0.72	1.29	0.76	0.45	1.27
FBS6
< 110	1321	4457	1.00			1.00
≥ 110	241	855	1.13	0.82	1.58	1.32	0.77	2.27
Smoking
Never smoked	606	2048	1.0			1.00
Ex-smoker	218	769	0.86	0.57	1.29	1.34	0.70	2.54
Current smoker	262	1072	0.81	0.56	1.17	1.39	0.79	2.44
Drinking
No drinking	396	1307	1.00			1.00
Current drinking	772	2695	1.59	1.02	2.47	1.82	0.92	3.60
Exercise
Never	409	1587	1.00			1.00
Irregular	398	1549	1.09	0.73	1.62	0.96	0.58	1.58
Regular (≥ 1 time/wk)	273	1077	1.22	0.78	1.90	0.88	0.49	1.60

¹Female;

²Adjusted for sex, age, systolic and diastolic blood pressure. DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; BMI: Body mass index; HDL: High density lipoprotein; TG: Triglyceride; FBS: Fasting blood sugar; HDL: High density lipoprotein; CI: Confidence interval.