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. 2016 Jan 21;26(1):99–106. doi: 10.18865/ed.26.1.99

Table 3. Risk of metabolic syndrome according to demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors.

  All, n=774 Men, n=372 Women, n=402
MetS, n (%) No MetS, n (%) OR [95% CI] P MetS, n (%) No MetS, n (%) OR [95% CI] P MetS, n (%) No MetS, n (%) OR [95% CI] P
Sex                      
Men 51 (13.5) 321 (86.5) ref
Women 104 (25.4) 298 (74.6) 2.20 [1.52-3.18] <.0001
Age group
30-39 31 (9.9) 283 (90.1) ref 12 (8.2) 134 (91.8) ref 19 (11.3) 149 (88.7) ref
40-49 43 (19.0) 183 (81.0) 2.14 [1.30-3.53] <.0001 9 (9.7) 84 (90.3) 1.20 [.48-2.96] .70 34 (25.6) 99 (74.4) 2.69 [1.45-4.99] <.0001
50-59 57 (34.1) 110 (65.9) 4.73 [2.9- 7.72] <.0001 17 (20.2) 67 (79.8) 2.83 [1.28-6.27] .01 40 (48.2) 43 (51.8) 7.29 [3.83-13.87] <.0001
60-64 24 (35.8) 43 (64.2) 5.09 [2.74-9.49] <.0001 13 (26.5) 36 (73.5) 4.03 [1.69-3.59] <.0001 11 (61.1) 7 (38.9) 12.32 [4.26-35.6] <.0001
Marital status
Unmarried 48 (17.0) 234 (83.0) ref 4 (4.7) 82 (95.3) ref 44 (22.5) 152 (77.6) ref
Married 107 (21.9) 382 (78.1) 1.37 [.94-1.99] .10 47 (16.6) 236 (83.4) 4.08 [1.43-11.68] <.0001 60 (29.1) 146 (70.9) 1.42 [.90-2.23] .13
Education
None or primary 51 (30.2) 118 (69.8) ref 7 (10.1) 62 (89.9) ref 44 (44.0) 56 (56.0) ref
Intermediate 31 (17.9) 142 (82.1) .51 [.30-.84] <.0001 7 (9.5) 67 (90.5) .93 [.31-2.79] .89 24 (24.2) 75 (75.8) .41 [.22-.75] <.0001
Secondary 23 (17.6) 108 (82.4) .49 [.28-.86] .013 4 (6.9) 54 (93.1) .66 [.18-2.36] .52 19 (26.0) 54 (74.0) .45 [.23-.86] .016
Professional 24 (14.7) 139 (85.3) .40 [.23-.69] <.0001 15 (16.3) 77 (83.7) 1.73 [.66-4.49] .26 9 (12.7) 62 (87.3) .18 [.08-.41] <.0001
University 26 (19.1) 110 (80.9) .55 [.32-.94] .03 18 (22.8) 61 (77.2) 2.61 [1.02-6.70] .05 8 (14.0) 49 (86.0) .21 [.09-.48] <.0001
Employment
Yes 57 (14.3) 343 (85.7) ref 31 (12.6) 216 (87.4) ref 26 (17.0) 127 (83.0) ref
No 96 (26.2) 270 (73.8) 2.14 [1.49-3.08] <.0001 20 (16.1) 104 (83.9) 1.34 [.73-2.46] .34 76 (31.4) 166 (68.6) 2.24 [1.35-3.69] <.0001
Household income
High 17 (21.3) 63 (78.7) ref 8 (20.0) 32 (80.0) ref 9 (22.5) 31 (77.5) ref
Intermediate 76 (19.0) 325 (81.0) .87 [.48-1.56] .63 24 (14.1) 146 (85.9) .66 [.27-1.60] .35 52 (22.5) 179 (77.5) 1.00 [.45-2.23] .99
Low 53 (20.5) 205 (79.5) .96 [.52-1.77] .89 18 (12.1) 131 (87.9) .55 [.22-1.38] .20 35 (32.1) 74 (67.9) 1.63 [.70-3.79] .26
Current smokers
No 146 (22.5) 503 (77.5) ref 42 (16.7) 209 (83.3) ref 104 (26.1) 294 (73.9) ref
Yes 9 (7.4) -113 (92.6) .27 [.14-.55] <.0001 9 (7.6) 110 (92.4) .41 [.19-.87] .02 0 (0) 3 (100.0) NC
Physical activity
Absence 35 (25.6) 102 (74.5) ref 7 (15.2) 39 (84.8) ref 28 (30.8) 63 (69.2) ref
Low 96 (22.0) 341 (78.0) .82 [.52-1.28] .38 33 (15.6) 179 (84.4) 1.03 [.42-2.49] .95 63 (28.0) 162 (72.0) .87 [.51-1.49] .62
Intermediate 22 (11.8) 165 (88.2) .39 [.22-.70] <.0001 11 (10.4) 95 (89.6) .65 [.23-1.79] .40 11 (13.6) 70 (86.4) .35 [.16-.77] <.0001
High 2 (15.4) 11 (84.6) .53 [.11-2.51] .42 0 (0) 8 (100.0) 0 .98 2 (40.0) 3 (60.0) 1.50 [.24-9.48] .67

NC; not calculable.