Table 3.

ORs for metabolic risk factors according to protein intake (men=2,435, women=3,262)

Variable	Protein intake (g/body weight [kg]/day)
	>1.2	1.0–1.2	0.8–1.0	<0.8
Abdominal obesity*
Men ≥51 yr	1.00	1.91 (1.37–2.67)§	1.49 (1.04–2.13)†	2.67 (2.00–3.56)§
Women ≥51 yr	1.00	1.61 (1.19–2.18)‡	2.13 (1.60–2.83)§	3.42 (2.64–4.43)§
Body mass index ≥25 kg/m2
Men ≥51 yr	1.00	1.56 (1.13–2.14)‡	1.51 (1.07–2.11)†	1.90 (1.42–2.54)§
Women ≥51 yr	1.00	1.49 (1.07–2.08)†	1.88 (1.37–2.58)§	2.72 (2.07–3.58)§
Triglycerides ≥150 mg/dL
Men ≥51 yr	1.00	1.29 (0.91–1.82)	1.17 (0.87–1.56)	1.44 (1.08–1.93)†
Women ≥51 yr	1.00	1.34 (0.95–1.88)	1.76 (1.30–2.38)§	1.82 (1.45–2.29)§
Total cholesterol ≥200 mg/dL
Men ≥51 yr	1.00	1.16 (0.84–1.60)	1.13 (0.82–1.57)	1.02 (0.78–1.34)
Women ≥51 yr	1.00	0.98 (0.72–1.34)	1.03 (0.75–1.42)	0.95 (0.75–1.20)
High fasting blood glucose ≥110 mg/dL
Men ≥51 yr	1.00	1.12 (0.78–1.61)	1.28 (0.90–1.80)	1.41 (1.07–1.87)†
Women ≥51 yr	1.00	1.40 (0.92–2.14)	1.52 (1.01–2.28)†	2.03 (1.48–2.79)§
HbA1c ≥7%
Men ≥51 yr	1.00	1.19 (0.70–2.01)	1.59 (1.00–2.53)	1.86 (1.27–2.72)‡
Women ≥51 yr	1.00	1.34 (0.79–2.26)	1.58 (0.96–2.60)	1.78 (1.19–2.68)‡

Values are presented as OR (95% confidence interval). After adjustment for age, sex, statistical significance was accepted at <0.05.

^*Waist circumference, ≥90 cm in men and ≥85 cm in women;

^†P<0.05;

^‡P<0.01;

^§P<0.001.

OR, odds ratio.