Table 4.

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

	Dependent variables
	MS	Abdominal obesity	Hyperglycemia	Low HDL-c	Hypertrigliceridemia	Hypertension
Age (years)	1.08 (1.04–1.11)	1.06 (1.01–1.11)	1.05 (0.98–1.11)	1.02 (0.98–1.06)	1.02 (0.99–1.05)	1.08 (1.04–1.11)
ICE1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ICE2	1.94 (0.56–6.74)	2.29 (0.18–28.68)	1.11 (0.17–7.28)	1.07 (0.21–5.40)	1.75 (0.63–4.90)	1.25 (0.40–3.90)
ICE3	1.63 (0.45–5.85)	1.05 (0.15–7.57)	2.58 (0.35–19.09)	1.87 (0.35–9.95)	1.25 (0.40–3.85)	0.39 (0.11–1.38)
ICE4	1.32 (0.36–4.77)	1.38 (0.18–10.42)	0.00 (0)	0.57 (0.14–2.38)	1.04 (0.33–3.30)	0.93 (0.27–1.18)
ICE5	1.15 (0.31–4.26)	1.06 (0.16–7.17)	1.52 (0.17–13.60)	1.21 (0.26–5.56)	0.66 (0.20–2.20)	0.47 (0.13–1.64)

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