Table 3.
Incidence of metabolic syndrome at 6-year follow-up, according to the number of Healthy Lifestyle Score factors (the SUN cohort). OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.
| Number of Healthy Lifestyle Factors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7–9 | p for Trend | |
| Participants, n | 1468 | 1993 | 2599 | 2525 | 2222 | |
| Incident cases | 80 | 92 | 109 | 103 | 74 | |
| Crude OR (95% CI) | 1 (ref.) | 0.86 (0.64–1.17) | 0.73 (0.54–0.98) | 0.75 (0.56–1.01) | 0.57 (0.42–0.80) | 0.002 |
| OR adjusted for age and sex (95% CI) | 1 (ref.) | 0.77 (0.56–1.05) | 0.68 (0.50–0.93) | 0.69 (0.51–0.94) | 0.60 (0.43–0.83) | 0.003 |
| Multivariable adjusted OR a | 1 (ref.) | 0.82 (0.59–1.13) | 0.72 (0.52–0.98) | 0.76 (0.77–1.05) | 0.66 (0.47–0.93) | 0.027 |
ref: reference category. a Adjusted for age, sex, depression, education level, cardiovascular disease, prevalent cancer, following any special diet, body mass index, energy intake, hours of sleep, year of questionnaire completion.