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. 2016 Aug 27;15(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s12944-016-0311-7

Table 5.

Association between plasma IL-6 concentration and metabolic syndrome, and the mediation effect of MS components

OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI)
MetS-IDF Age (years) 1.072 (1.040- 1.105) 1.072 (1.038-1.108) 1.076 (1.042- 1.111) 1.072 (1.037- 1.109) 1.091 (1.053- 1.129) 1.068 (1.032- 1.105)
Sex (men) 0.357 (0.205- 0.624) 0.405 (0.223-0.738) 0.345 (0.190- 0.626) 0.957 (0.481- 1.907) 0.690 (0.364- 1.309) 0.493 (0.262- 0.927)
IL-6 (pg/ml) 1.086 (0.975- 1.210) 1.051 (0.935-1.182) 1.054 (0.934- 1.191) 1.021 (0.894- 1.166) 0.968 (0.853- 1.099) 1.033 (0.907- 1.176)
Insulin (mU/L) - 1.154 (1.090-1.221) - - - -
BMI (kg/m2) - - 1.139 (1.073- 1.209) - - -
Waist circumference (cm) - - - 1.097 (1.065- 1.131) - -
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) - - - - 0.893 (0.861- 0.925) -
Triglycerides (mmol/L) - - - - - 1.023 (1.015- 1.030)
MetS-AHA/NHLBI Age (years) 1.066 (1.034- 1.098) 1.067 (1.033-1.103) 1.072 (1.038- 1.108) 1.068 (1.031- 1.105) 1.090 (1.051- 1.131) 1.063 (1.026- 1.102)
Sex (men) 0.395 (0.224- 0.695) 0.456 (0.246-0.844) 0.372 (0.201- 0.689) 1.171 (0.573- 2.395) 0.923 (0.467- 1.824) 0.579 (0.299- 1.123)
IL-6 (pg/ml) 1.064 (0.954- 1.186) 1.024 (0.907-1.156) 1.019 (0.894- 1.162) 0.983 (0.854- 1.131) 0.918 (0.805- 1.048) 0.995 (0.870- 1.139)
Insulin (mU/L) - 1.168 (1.103-1.237) - - - -
BMI (kg/m2) - - 1.167 (1.094- 1.244) - - -
Waist circumference (cm) - - - 1.110 (1.075- 1.146) - -
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) - - - - 0.865 (0.830- 0.902) -
Triglycerides (mmol/L) - - - - - 1.026 (1.018- 1.034)