Table 4.

Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome using American Heart Association criteria using sample of older Latinos (aged 60-years or older) from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA).

	Model 1		Model 2
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Nativity
Foreign-born	1.00	--	1.00	--
US-born	0.61	0.26–1.42	0.60	0.26–1.43
Acculturation	0.97***	0.96–0.99	0.98**	0.96–1.00
Interaction
US-born×Acculturation	1.02**	1.00–1.04	1.02*	0.99–1.04
Age	0.99	0.98–1.01	0.99	0.97–1.00
Sex
Female	1.00	--	1.00	--
Male	0.62***	0.51–0.76	0.65***	0.53–0.81
Education
Less than High School			1.00	--
High school			0.82	0.58–1.15
Some college			0.99	0.68–1.43
College or more			0.84	0.53–1.34
Household Income (US Dollars/month)
Less than $1,000			1.00	--
$1,000–1,499			0.84	0.63–1.13
$1,500–$1,999			0.69**	0.47–1.00
$2,000–2,499			0.68*	0.45–1.02
$2,500 or more			0.84	0.56–1.25
Home Ownership
Other			1.00	--
Own Home			0.98	0.76–1.27
Insurance
Not Insured			1.00	--
Insured			1.19	0.82–1.73

^***P≤ 0.01

^**P≤ 0.05

^*P≤ 0.10