Table 2.

Associations With GEE Analyses Between MetS Components (3 Measurements), mtDNAcn (2 Measurements), and TL (3 Measurements) (n = 989)

MetS Components, Y15, Y20, and Y25 (per SD)	mtDNAcn, Y15 and Y25			TL, Y15, Y20, and Y25
	B	SE	P	B	SE	P
Waist circumference (per 13.8 cm)	−1.54	3.57	0.67	−13.40	11.63	0.25
Triglycerides (per 1.21 mmol/L)	−4.35	2.20	0.05	4.70	8.92	0.60
HDL cholesterol (per 0.36 mmol/L)	4.25	3.65	0.25	23.28	11.51	0.04
Systolic BP (per 13.7 mm Hg)	−0.16	3.20	0.96	18.61	10.74	0.08
Fasting glucose (per 0.72 mmol/L)	−2.28	4.55	0.62	9.66	11.15	0.39
Number of metabolic dysregulationsa	−1.88	2.64	0.48	2.90	8.77	0.74
MetS diagnosisb	1.54	8.37	0.85	44.47	27.11	0.10

Adjusted for sex and time-varying age, education, race, smoking, alcohol, and physical activity.

^aMetabolic dysregulations defined as waist circumference >102 cm (men) or >88 cm (women); triglycerides >1.7 mmol/L; HDL cholesterol <1.03 mmol/L (men) or <1.30 mmol/L (women); systolic BP >130 or diastolic BP >85 mm Hg or antihypertensives; fasting plasma glucose >6.1 mmol/L or antidiabetic medication.

^bMetS defined as ≥3 dysregulations.