Table 3.

Association of serum 25(OH)D levels with metabolic syndrome and its components in men and women

25(OH)D	Metabolic syndrome	Abdominal obesity	Hypertension	Hyperglycemia	Hypertriglyceridemia	low HDL
Men			Univariate OR
Quartile 1	2.22 (1.52–3.24)	2.03 (1.39–2.99)	0.96 (0.65–1.43)	1.48 (1.03–2.13)	2.13 (1.40–3.24)	1.77 (1.18–2.63)
Quartile 2	1.85 (1.26–2.70)	1.93 (1.32–2.84)	1.05 (0.70–1.56)	1.72 (1.20–2.47)	1.78 (1.16–2.74)	1.35 (0.90–2.03)
Quartile 3	1.57 (1.07–2.30)	1.73 (1.17–2.54)	1.05 (0.71–1.56)	1.26 (0.88–1.82)	1.78 (1.16–2.73)	1.07 (0.70–1.62)
Quartile 4	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)
P for trend	<  0.001	< 0.001	0.860	0.011	0.001	0.002
Women Univariate OR
Quartile 1	1.98 (1.60–2.44)	1.42 (1.09–1.84)	1.30 (0.98–1.72)	1.11 (0.85–1.45)	2.13 (1.60–2.83)	1.37 (1.06–1.76)
Quartile 2	1.40 (1.09–1.81)	1.35 (1.04–1.74)	1.20(0.91–1.58)	1.30 (1.00–1.69)	1.43 (1.07–1.92)	1.12 (0.87–1.44)
Quartile 3	1.43 (1.11–1.85)	1.43 (1.10–1.85)	1.21 (0.92–1.60)	1.17 (0.90–1.53)	1.43 (1.06–1.92)	1.05 (0.81–1.35)
Quartile 4	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)
P for trend	<  0.001	0.017	0.082	0.343	0.001	0.013

25(OH)D: 25-OH-vitamin D, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, HDL high-density lipoprotein