Table 4.

Associations between subgroup membership and cardio-metabolic outcomes

	Metabolic Syndrome			Obesity
	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Model 1
Age	1.005	0.993–1.018	0.384	0.995	0.983–1.007	0.413
Gender	0.588	0.454–0.762	<0.001*	0.825	0.637–1.067	0.143
Education	0.646	0.498–0.839	0.001*	0.722	0.557–0.936	0.014
Employment	1.061	0.803–1.402	0.679	1.163	0.881–1.535	0.287
Marital Status	1.210	0.909–1.611	0.191	0.992	0.748–1.315	0.954
Race	1.349	0.948–1.92	0.096	2.111	1.492–2.986	<0.001*
Ethnicity	0.742	0.342–1.608	0.449	0.911	0.432–1.92	0.806
Presence of Chronic Conditions	1.517	1.166–1.973	0.002*	1.151	0.884–1.498	0.296
Antidepressant Use	1.573	1.087–2.276	0.016*	1.445	1.002–2.086	0.049*
Model 2¥
Mild Symptoms Subgroup	1.240	0.923–1.665	0.154	1.359	1.015–1.821	0.040*
Moderate Symptoms Subgroup	1.571	1.023–2.413	0.039*	1.491	0.973–2.283	0.066
Acute Symptoms Subgroup	1.752	0.750–4.093	0.195	1.297	0.56–3.004	0.544
Model 3¥
Regular Exercise	0.606	0.445–0.824	<0.001*	0.541	0.399–0.735	<0.001*
Current Smoking	0.863	0.587–1.268	0.453	0.551	0.371–0.82	0.003*
Drinker (past month)	0.723	0.552–0.946	0.018*	0.890	0.68–1.166	0.398
Mild Symptoms Subgroup	1.225	0.909–1.65	0.182	1.345	1–1.808	0.050
Moderate Symptoms Subgroup	1.595	1.032–2.463	0.035*	1.555	1.008–2.4	0.046*
Acute Symptoms Subgroup	1.653	0.697–3.923	0.254	1.280	0.539–3.038	0.576
Model 3¥,€
C-reactive Protein	1.780	1.551–2.043	<0.001*	2.080	1.801–2.402	<0.001*
Mild Symptoms Subgroup	1.218	0.895–1.657	0.210	1.347	0.986–1.842	0.061
Moderate Symptoms Subgroup	1.400	0.891–2.201	0.144	1.325	0.835–2.103	0.232
Acute Symptoms Subgroup	1.963	0.791–4.873	0.146	1.551	0.6–4.008	0.365

^*p<0.05;

OR=Odds Ratio; Low/No Symptoms Subgroup is reference group;

^¥controlled for age, gender, education, employment, marital status, race, ethnicity, antidepressant use and presence of chronic conditions;

^€controlled for health behaviors.