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. 2013 Oct 21;8(10):e77897. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077897

Table 3. Odd ratio (OR) of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia across body mass index (BMI) category.

BMI Category (kg/m2)
<18.5 OR(95% CI) 18.5–<23Reference 23–<27.5 OR(95% CI) ≥27.5 OR(95% CI)
MEN
 Hypertension
 Model 0 0.8 (0.4–1.3) 1.0 2.4c (1.8–3.2) 4.9c (3.0–8.1)
 Model 1 0.6 (0.3–1.0) 1.0 2.1c (1.6–2.9) 3.6c (2.1–6.2)
 Model 2 0.7 (0.4–1.4) 1.0 2.4c (1.7–3.3) 3.3c(1.8–6.1)
 Diabetes mellitus
 Model 0 1.0 (0.2–4.7) 1.0 4.0c (1.9–8.5) 5.2b (1.6–16.6)
 Model 1 0.9 (0.2–3.6) 1.0 3.0b (1.4–6.4) 2.5 (1.7–8.4)
 Model 2 2.1 (0.4–10.4) 1.0 3.4a (1.3–9.3) 2.6 (0.5–13.6)
 Hypercholesterolemia
 Model 0 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 1.0 3.0c (2.3–4.0) 6.7c (4.1–10.8)
 Model 1 0.7 (0.4–1.2) 1.0 2.7c (2.0–3.6) 5.1c (3.1–8.4)
 Model 2 0.7 (0.3–1.4) 1.0 2.9c (2.1–4.0) 4.9c (2.8–8.6)
WOMEN
 Hypertension
 Model 0 0.8 (0.6–1.2) 1.0 2.4c (1.9–3.1) 3.9c (2.8–5.3)
 Model 1 0.6b (0.4–1.0) 1.0 2.3c (1.8–2.9) 3.3c (2.3–4.6)
 Model 2 0.8 (0.4–1.5) 1.0 2.0c (1.3–3.0) 2.9c(1.7–5.1)
 Diabetes mellitus
 Model 0 0.3 (0.1–1.0) 1.0 2.0b (1.2–3.1) 2.7c (1.5–5.0)
 Model 1 0.3a (0.1–0.8) 1.0 1.6a (1.0–2.6) 1.9a (1.0–3.6)
 Model 2 0.8 (0.2–4.2) 1.0 1.4 (0.5–4.0) 3.0 (0.9–9.2)
 Hypercholesterolemia
 Model 0 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 1.0 2.1c (1.2–2.6) 2.9c (2.2–3.7)
 Model 1 0.8a (0.6–1.0) 1.0 1.9c (1.6–2.3) 2.3c (1.7–3.0)
 Model 2 1.1 (0.7–1.8) 1.0 2.1c (1.5–2.9) 2.0b (1.2–3.2)
BOTH SEXES
 Hypertension
 Model 0 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 1.0 2.3c (1.9–2.8) 3.9c (3.0–5.0)
 Model 1 0.6b (0.4–0.8) 1.0 2.2c (1.8–2.7) 3.3c (2.5–4.4)
 Model 2 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 1.0 2.2c (1.7–2.9) 3.1c(2.1–4.6)
 Diabetes mellitus
 Model 0 0.5 (0.2–1.2) 1.0 2.5c (1.7–3.7) 3.4c (2.0–5.9)
 Model 1 0.4a (0.2–0.9) 1.0 1.9b (1.3–2.9) 2.0a (1.1–3.6)
 Model 2 1.3 (0.4–3.9) 1.0 2.2a (1.3–2.9) 3.0a (1.2–7.7)
 Hypercholesterolemia
 Model 0 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 1.0 2.5c (2.1–2.9) 3.7c (2.9–4.7)
 Model 1 0.8a (0.6–1.0) 1.0 2.1c (1.8–2.5) 2.7c (2.1–3.5)
 Model 2 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 1.0 2.4c (1.9–3.0) 2.8c (2.0–4.0)
a

p-value <0.05;

b

p-value <0.01;

c

p-value <0.001.

Model 0: Non adjusted.

Model 1: Adjusted for age, sex, residence,

Model 2: Adjusted for age, sex, residence, physical activities, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, fruit and/or vegetable consumption, using lard/suet.