Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of low bone mineral density (osteopenia/osteoporosis) in the spine in 40–60-year-old women.

	No MetS			MetS
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Group 1: Reproductive/Menopausal transition
WC (cm)	0.989	0.902–1.084	0.811	0.790	0.635–0.982	0.034
Glucose (mg/dL)	1.023	0.958–1.093	0.490	0.988	0.930–1.049	0.692
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	1.005	0.991–1.020	0.468	0.997	0.987–1.006	0.505
HDL (mg/dL)	0.981	0.931–1.033	0.461	0.897	0.766–1.050	0.176
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	1.014	0.932–1.104	0.745	1.013	0.928–1.107	0.765
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.952	0.854–1.061	0.369	0.955	0.854–1.070	0.429
Age (years)	1.246	1.016–1.528	0.035	1.309	1.013–1.690	0.039
BMI normal (kg/m2)	1.332	0.082–21.598	0.840	0.001	0.001–20.633	0.999
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2	2.381	0.210–26.948	0.483	0.007	0.003–0.476	0.021
Smoking habit (yes/no)	3.354	0.264–42.529	0.350	0.005	0.001–0.509	0.025
Number of children	0.878	0.396–1.948	0.750	0.657	0.291–1.483	0.312
Group 2: Postmenopause
WC (cm)	0.990	0.932–1.052	0.755	0.964	0.916–1.014	0.156
Glucose (mg/dL)	1.038	0.990–1.089	0.124	1.013	1.001–1.026	0.037
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	0.999	0.989–1.009	0.831	0.997	0.992–1.002	0.199
HDL (mg/dL)	1.024	0.984–1.067	0.245	1.084	1.030–1.140	0.002
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	1.012	0.959–1.067	0.667	0.981	0.947–1.017	0.307
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.977	0.924–1.033	0.409	1.028	0.983–1.075	0.232
Age (years)	1.049	0.951–1.157	0.342	1.189	1.070–1.322	0.001
BMI normal (kg/m2)	1.847	0.257–13.262	0.542	2.037	0.298–13.950	0.468
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2	1.309	0.284–6.028	0.730	1.282	0.453–3.632	0.640
Smoking habit (yes/no)	4.966	0.206–119.912	0.324	0.305	0.064–1.465	0.138
Number of children	1.247	0.864–1.798	0.238	0.611	0.431–0.867	0.006

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; HDL high-density lipoprotein, WC: waist circumference. OR: odds ratio, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval, significance at p < 0.05.