Table 2.

Associations between serum folate and metabolic risk factors; Cameroon study.

Outcome	Difference in Outcome per 1 SD (10.8 nmol/L) of Serum Folate
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	β (95% CI)	p-Value	β (95% CI)	p-Value	β (95% CI)	p-Value
Metabolic syndrome score (n = 520)	−0.30 (−0.51 to 0.09)	0.005	−0.30 (−0.50 to −0.10)	0.004	−0.20 (−0.38 to −0.02)	0.029
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), (n = 529)	−1.51 (−3.18 to 0.16)	0.076	−1.58 (−3.29 to 0.12)	0.069	−1.25 (−2.89 to 0.39)	0.135
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), (n = 529)	−1.57 (−2.58 to −0.56)	0.002	−1.42 (−2.39 to −0.45)	0.004	−1.13 (−2.04 to −0.21)	0.016
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L), (n = 529)	−0.003 (−0.10 to 0.10)	0.957	0.01 (−0.08 to 0.11)	0.807	0.03 (−0.08 to 0.12)	0.629
2-h blood glucose (mmol/L), (n = 522)	−0.01 (−0.17 to 0.15)	0.865	0.01 (−0.15 to 0.18)	0.881	0.02 (−0.15 to 0.19)	0.809
HOMA_IR, (n = 526)	−0.004 (−0.09 to 0.09)	0.932	0.02 (−0.06 to 0.11)	0.603	0.05 (−0.03 to 0.14)	0.224
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L), (n = 520)	0.03 (0.002 to 0.06)	0.037	0.04 (0.006 to 0.07)	0.018	0.04 (0.01 to 0.07)	0.023
Triglycerides (mmol/L), (n = 520)	0.0004 (−0.04 to 0.04)	0.983	−0.01 (−0.05 to 0.03)	0.525	−0.003 (−0.04 to 0.04)	0.883

HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; β, β-coefficient; CI, confidence interval. Model 1: Unadjusted. Model 2: Adjusted for age, sex, education level, smoking, alcohol intake, residential site. Model 3:Model 2 + body mass index + objectively measured physical activity.