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. 2021 Jun 3;9:25. doi: 10.1186/s40170-021-00261-w

Table 2.

Risk of head and neck cancer according to MS and its components

No of cases/person-years Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
HR (95%CI) P HR (95%CI) P HR (95%CI) P
Presence of MS
 No 495/ 2201184 Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 311/ 910374 1.27[1.10, 1.47] 0.001 1.18[1.02, 1.36] 0.023 1.05[0.90, 1.22] 0.560
No. of MS components
 0–2 483/2167132 Reference Reference Reference
 3 191/582520 1.25[1.06, 1.48] 0.009 1.14[0.96, 1.35] 0.126 1.04[0.88, 1.24] 0.645
 4 95/283291 1.26[1.01, 1.57] 0.043 1.16[0.93, 1.45] 0.187 1.00[0.80, 1.26] 0.978
 5 37/78614 1.70[1.22, 2.38] 0.002 1.58[1.13, 2.21] 0.008 1.30[0.92, 1.84] 0.132
Center obesity
 No 500/2065978 Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 304/1036668 1.10[0.95, 1.26] 0.211 1.19[1.04, 1.38] 0.015 1.04[0.90, 1.21] 0.592
Dyslipidemia for TG
 No 141/845849 Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 665/2262915 1.31[1.13, 1.51] <0.001 1.06[0.91, 1.23] 0.461 0.95[0.81, 1.10] 0.472
Dyslipidemia for HDL-C
 No 301/1501095 Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 464/1438442 1.16[0.98, 1.39] 0.091 1.17[0.98, 1.39] 0.087 1.01[0.84, 1.22] 0.877
Hypertention
 No 528/2095502 Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 160/568287 1.23[1.02, 1.48] 0.027 1.02[0.84, 1.22] 0.874 1.00[0.82, 1.20] 0.973
Hyperglycemia
 No 529/2226708 Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 174/459089 1.35[1.14, 1.61] 0.001 1.26[1.06, 1.5] 0.009 1.22[1.02, 1.45] 0.028

Model 1: unadjusted

Model 2: age and gender-stratified model

Model 3: additionally adjusted for education, ethnic, index of multiple deprivation, alcohol consumption, smoking status, physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, NASIDS use and CRP