Table 3.

Logistic regression model to adjust by age the relationship of social class with MS and its criteria in the Tunisian men

	Dependent variables
	MS	Abdominal obesity	Hyperglycemia	Low HDL-c	Hypertrigliceridemia	Hypertension
Age (years)	1.05 (1.02–1.08)	1.04 (1.01–1.06)	1.04 (0.99–1.09)	0.99 (0.95–1.02)	1.02 (0.99–1.04)	1.04 (1.01–1.06)
ICE1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ICE2	1.48 (0.44–5.01)	1.15 (0.38–3.48)	0.89 (0.14–5.51)	0.89 (0.17–4.54)	1.17 (0.34–4.01)	1.66 (0.53–5.17)
ICE3	3.41 (0.99–11.72)	3.81 (1.27–11.43)	0.43 (0.04–4.30)	0.66 (0.12–3.50)	1.95 (0.61–6.27)	1.62 (0.54–4.87)
ICE4	3.88 (1.05–14.27)	2.39 (0.77–7.38)	2.31 (0.43–12.39)	0.38 (0.07–1.91)	1.91 (0.57–6.42)	1.58 (0.51–4.90)
ICE5	2.50 (0.64–9.81)	2.94 (0.87–9.91)	0.00 (0)	1.11 (0.16–7.77)	3.71 (1.05–13.12)	1.13 (0.34–3.71)

MS metabolic syndrome, HDL-c high density lipoprotein cholesterol, ICE1, ICE2, ICE3, ICE4, ICE5 quintiles of social class