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. 2016 Mar 7;6:22750. doi: 10.1038/srep22750

Table 2. Regression coefficients of presence and number of metabolic syndrome for elderly patients with total disability*.

Variables Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
β (95% CI) P value β (95% CI) Pvalue β (95% CI) P value β (95% CI) P value β (95% CI) P value
Presence of metabolic syndrome 0.366 (0.170, 0.562) <0.001 0.306 (0.109, 0.503) 0.002 0.283 (0.085, 0.480) 0.005 0.219 (0.012, 0.426) 0.038 0.216 (0.011,0.422) 0.039
Number of metabolic syndrome components
1 0.073 (−0.315, 0.460) 0.712 0.021 (−0.364, 0.406) 0.915 −0.007 (−0.391, 0.377) 0.973 0.077 (−0.309, 0.463) 0.696 0.058 (−0.325,0.441) 0.767
2 0.362 (−0.010, 0.734) 0.057 0.328 (−0.041, 0.698) 0.082 0.29 (−0.079, 0.658) 0.124 0.351 (−0.026, 0.729) 0.068 0.327 (−0.048,0.702) 0.087
3 0.446 (0.063, 0.829) 0.022 0.359 (−0.023, 0.741) 0.065 0.322 (−0.060, 0.703) 0.098 0.380 (−0.017, 0.776) 0.060 0.362 (−0.031,0.755) 0.071
4 0.591 (0.184, 0.999) 0.004 0.503 (0.096, 0.909) 0.016 0.44 (0.032, 0.848) 0.034 0.421 (−0.007, 0.849) 0.054 0.411 (−0.014,0.835) 0.058
5 0.875 (0.346, 1.404) 0.001 0.739 (0.211, 1.267) 0.006 0.681 (0.154, 1.208) 0.011 0.632 (0.079, 1.186) 0.025 0.573 (0.024,1.123) 0.041
P for trend <0.001   <0.001   <0.001   0.002   0.002  
Components of metabolic syndrome
Abdominal obesity 0.495 (0.293, 0.697) <0.001 0.458 (0.251, 0.664) <0.001 0.446 (0.240, 0.651) <0.001 0.451 (0.243, 0.658) <0.001 0.447 (0.241,0.653) <0.001
High blood pressure 0.002 (−0.147, 0.151) 0.977 −0.039 (−0.187, 0.110) 0.610 −0.044 (−0.192, 0.105) 0.564 −0.05 (−0.218, 0.119) 0.563 −0.08 (−0.248,0.087) 0.348
High triglycerides 0.413 (0.208, 0.618) <0.001 0. 38 (0.175, 0.585) <0.001 0.385 (0.177, 0.593) <0.001 0.317 (0.108,0.526) 0.003 0.36 (0.153, 0.567) 0.001
Low HDL−cholesterol 0.301 (0.089, 0.514) 0.005 0.285 (0.073, 0.497) 0.008 0.231 (0.018, 0.443) 0.034 0.17 (−0.042,0.381) 0.115 0.163 (−0.047, 0.372) 0.128
High glucose 0.3 (0.092, 0.508) 0.005 0.313 (0.106, 0.520) 0.003 0.265 (0.058, 0.472) 0.012 0.112 (−0.111,0.335) 0.324 0.074 (−0.148, 0.295) 0.513

Model 1 = unadjusted Model 2 = Model 1 + age, gender, and race−ethnicity Model 3 = Model 2 + (serum AST, serum total cholesterol, and serum total bilirubin) Model 4 = Model 3 + (smoking, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and stroke) Model 5 = Model 4 + (Cognition impairment#).

#Cognition impairment was defined as the lowest quartile of DSST score.

*Total disability was defined as any difficulty in performing one or more activities within a given domain and assessed as the sum of five major domains at baseline and analyzed as a continuous variable.