Table 2. Association between HP infection and the presence of MetS, DM categorized by gender.

	Sex	Model a 1 OR (95% CI)	P Value	Model a 2 OR (95% CI)	P Value	Model a 3 OR (95% CI)	P Value
	MetS
HP infection	Male	1.30 (1.08–1.57)	0.006	1.27 (1.03–1.57)	0.028	1.25 (1.01–1.55)	0.042
	Female	1.05 (0.80–1.37)	0.754	0.73 (0.53–1.00)	0.052	0.73 (0.53–1.01)	0.055
	DM
HP infection	Male	1.74 (1.31–2.30)	<0.001	1.56 (1.17–2.08)	0.003	1.53 (1.15–2.04)	0.004
	Female	1.05 (0.62–1.79)	0.853	0.84 (0.48–1.46)	0.526	0.83 (0.47–1.45)	0.512

^a Adjusted covariates

Model 1 = unadjusted

Model 2 = Model 1 + age, BMI, LDL-C, hsCRP

Model 3 = Model 2 + history of smoking, drinking