Table 5.
Significant correlates for each metabolic biomarker from: Education (E), BMI (B), Age (A), and Sex (S), as determined from the odds ratios of the logistic regressions using the thresholds of Table S1, and multiple linear regressions.
| Metabolic biomarker | Significant correlates | Significant correlates |
|---|---|---|
| logistic | linear | |
| WC–women | EA | EA |
| WC–men | E*A | E*A |
| SBP | EBAS | E*BAS |
| DBP | BAS | BAS |
| Glucose | E*BA | EBA |
| Hb A1c | EBA | EBA |
| Insulin | B | B |
| HOMA-IR | EBA | EBA* |
| Uric acid–women | B | B |
| Uric acid–men | E*B | EB |
| Triglycerides | EBAS | EBAS |
| Total cholesterol | A | A |
| HDL–women | EBA | EBA |
| HDL–men | EB | EB |
| LDL | A | A |
*
Denotes that the corresponding factor indicates the same relation but is not significant at the 95% confidence level with this sample size. Boldface indicates those variables that enter in the definition of MS.