Table 3. Correlates of lifestyle behaviour associated with the risk of NCDs.

	Vegetable consumption1	Fruit Consumption2	Moderate intensity Physical Activity	Alcohol Consumption3	knowledge of dietary risk management-Increase fiber intake4
Variable	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]
MetS (ref: Non-MetS)
MetS	1.2 [0.5, 3.1]	1.3 [0.5, 3.4]	1.6 [0.6, 4.7]	0.83 [0.33, 2.0]	3.4 [1.3, 8.6]**
Sex (ref: Female)
Male	0.2 [0.1, 0.8]**	0.6 [0.2, 1.9]	0.6 [0.2, 2.2]	2.21 [0.71, 6.8]	2.4 [0.7, 7.6]
Marital Status (ref: Single)
Married	1.1 [0.4, 3.1]	1.1 [0.4, 3.0]	2.8 [1.0, 8.2]*	0.97 [0.93, 1.0]	0.5 [0.2, 1.3]
Formal education
Primary	2.8 [0.6, 14.4]	4.3 [0.8, 22.4]*	0.4 [0.1, 2.4]	0.7 [0.2, 3.7]	0.8 [0.2, 3.6]
Middle/JHS	1.9 [0.4, 9.3]	3.7 [0.7, 18.9]	0.7 [0.1, 3.6]	0.4 [0.1, 1.9]	0.6 [0.1, 2.8]
Secondary+	2.4 [0.4, 13.6]	4.1 [0.7, 23.2]	0.5 [0.1, 3.0]	0.6 [0.1, 3.4]	1.2 [0.3, 6.2]
Age in years	1.0 [1.0, 1.1]	1.0 [1.0, 1.1]**	0.9 [0.9, 1.0]**	0.9 [0.9,1.0]	1.0 [1.0, 1.1]
Place (Ref: James Town)
Ussher Town	1.7 [0.0, 1.4]	1.54 [0.67, 3.5]	1.1 [0.4, 3.0]	3.5 [1.4, 9.1]**	0.7 [0.0, 4.7]

***P≤0.001

**P≤0.05

*P≤0.1.

¹Consuming at least two serving of vegetables per day.

² Consuming at least two serving of fruits per day.

³ Consuming excess amount of alcohol (5 or more per single occasion for men and 4 or more for women).

⁴Knowledge of dietary risk management of chronic disease (increasing consumption of fiber).