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. 2020 May 4;20:617. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08778-3

Table 3.

Odds ratios for being depression by metabolic syndrome and each of its components and SES (primarily education level and household income) in male and female

Characteristics Male Female
Model1a Model2b Model3c Model1a Model2b Model3c
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Waist circumference (cm)
  < 90 (< 80 for women) 1.00 0.75 1.00 0.92 1.00 0.43 1.00 <.0001 1.00 0.03 1.00 0.004
  ≥ 90 (≥80 for women) 1.08 (0.67–1.48) 0.97 (0.57–1.67) 0.78 (0.42–1.44) 1.70 (1.36–2.14) 1.46 (1.05–2.04) 1.78 (1.20–2.63)
Triglyceride level (mg/dL)
  < 150 1.00 0.02 1.00 0.01 1.00 0.15 1.00 0.0004 1.00 0.07 1.00 0.16
  ≥ 150 1.66 (1.09–2.53) 1.77 (1.13–2.76) 1.45 (0.88–2.39) 1.63 (1.24–2.13) 1.30 (0.98–1.73) 1.25 (0.91–1.70)
Blood pressurea
 Normal 1.00 0.23 1.00 0.24 1.00 0.32 1.00 0.93 1.00 0.45 1.00 0.76
 Abnormal 0.76 (0.48–1.20) 0.76 (0.48–1.21) 0.77 (0.46–1.29) 1.02 (0.75–1.38) 0.89 (0.65–1.22) 0.95 (0.68–1.32)
HDL cholesterol level (mg/dL)
  ≥ 40 (≥50 for women) 1.00 0.05 1.00 0.22 1.00 0.09 1.00 0.0002 1.00 0.002 1.00 0.001
  < 40 (< 50 for women) 1.53 (1.00–2.35) 1.34 (0.84–2.16) 1.59 (0.94–2.68) 1.52 (1.22–1.90) 1.47 (1.16–1.86) 1.57 (1.20–2.04)
FBS (mg/dL)
  < 100 1.00 0.27 1.00 0.33 1.00 0.13 1.00 0.02 1.00 0.27 1.00 0.43
  ≥ 100 1.29 (0.82–2.04) 1.29 (0.78–2.12) 1.50 (0.89–2.53) 1.39 (1.06–1.83) 1.18 (0.88–1.57) 1.14 (0.83–1.57)
Metabolic syndrome
 No 1.00 0.08 1.00 0.11 1.00 0.10 1.00 <.0001 1.00 0.03 1.00 0.01
 Yes 1.51 (0.95–2.38) 1.49 (0.92–2.42) 1.58 (0.92–2.71) 1.76 (1.35–2.29) 1.40 (1.04–1.87) 1.55 (1.13–2.13)
Education level
 College or more 1.00 0.01 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001 1.00 0.01 1.00 0.06
 High school 2.50 (1.32–4.92) 2.18 (1.14–4.16) 2.17 (1.08–4.36) 1.91 (1.42–2.57) 1.55 (1.14–2.09) 1.36 (0.98–1.89)
 Middle schools 6.94 (3.26–14.77) 4.75 (2.29–9.84) 7.36 (3.33–16.30) 3.17 (2.02–4.98) 2.08 (1.30–3.34) 1.90 (1.15–3.14)
 Elementary school or less 16.80 (8.12–34.79) 10.94 (5.24–22.85) 10.78 (4.73–24.61) 4.07 (2.63–6.30) 2.26 (1.41–3.60) 1.93 (1.15–3.24)
House income
 High 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001 1.000 <.0001 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001 1.00 <.0001
 Middle 1.45 (0.85–2.46) 0.98 (0.56–1.71) 0.914 (0.49–1.71) 1.83 (1.39–2.41) 1.47 (1.10–1.95) 1.71 (1.24–2.35)
 Low 7.07 (4.01–12.46) 2.82 (1.57–5.06) 2.793 (1.46–5.34) 3.75 (2.66–5.28) 2.25 (1.56–3.26) 2.651 (1.72–4.10)

aModel1: adjusted for age

bModel2: adjusted for age, education level, income, marital status, moderate physical activity more than, smoking status, alcohol consumption, prevalence of chronic diseases

cModel3: adjusted for age, education level, income, marital status, moderate physical activity more than, smoking status, alcohol consumption, prevalence of chronic diseases, history of depression