Table 2.

Bivariate and multivariate associations of physical functioning, demographic, and health variables with incident metabolic syndrome, Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

	Bivariate model			Multivariate model
	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
Physical Functioning
No Limitation	Ref			Ref
Some Limitation	1.57	1.26, 1.96	<0.001	1.19	0.93, 1.51	0.17
Substantial Limitation	2.77	2.02, 3.79	<0.001	1.60	1.12, 2.29	0.01
Demographics
Age, years	1.01	0.97, 1.04	0.65	1.01	0.97, 1.05	0.67
Ethnicity
Caucasian	Ref			Ref
African American	1.89	1.52, 2.35	<0.001	1.19	0.93, 1.53	0.18
Chinese	0.69	0.46, 1.02	0.06	0.89	0.59, 1.36	0.60
Japanese	0.81	0.57, 1.15	0.23	1.01	0.69, 1.47	0.97
Education
High School or Less	Ref			Ref
Some College	0.88	0.67, 1.17	0.38	0.88	0.64, 1.21	0.21
College Or More	0.67	0.52, 0.88	0.004	0.83	0.61, 1.12	0.43
Health Factors
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
Under or Normal weight	Ref			Ref
Overweight	3.95	2.86, 5.46	<0.001	3.73	2.68, 5.19	<0.001
Obese	8.44	6.20, 11.47	<0.001	7.15	5.16, 9.92	<0.001