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. 2019 Nov 29;12:2501–2506. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S232343

Table 2.

Threshold Effect of Non-HDL-C on the Prevalence of MetS in a Two-Piecewise Linear Regression

Inflection Points of Non-HDL-C (mg/dl) Developing MetSa
OR (95% CI) P value
Inflection Point I
 <118 1.01 (1.01, 1.02) <0.0001
 >118 1.02 (1.02, 1.02) <0.0001
Inflection Point II
 <247 1.02 (1.02, 1.02) <0.0001
 >247 1.00 (1.00, 1.01) 0.0632

Note: aAdjust for: gender and age.

Abbreviations: MetS, metabolic syndrome; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.