Table 2.
Odds ratios and 95% CIs for iron overload, according to baseline risk factors
| Characteristic | Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio | 95% CI | Z | P value | Odds ratio | 95% CI | Z | P value | |
| Age | 1.07 | 1.06–1.09 | 10.12 | <0.001 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | –0.66 | 0.507 |
| HS-CRP | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 1.24 | 0.214 | 1.02 | 1.00–1.03 | 2.50 | 0.013 |
| TG | 1.26 | 1.15–1.38 | 5.06 | <0.001 | 1.23 | 1.15–1.31 | 6.45 | <0.001 |
| Apo-B | 1.94 | 1.13–3.31 | 2.43 | 0.015 | 2.05 | 1.35–3.11 | 3.35 | 0.001 |
| ALT | 1.02 | 1.01–1.03 | 5.87 | <0.001 | 1.01 | 1.01–1.02 | 4.84 | <0.001 |
| IR | ||||||||
| No | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 1.02 | 0.74–1.39 | 0.12 | 0.908 | 0.99 | 0.79–1.25 | –0.07 | 0.947 |
| Carbohydrate | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 | –0.73 | 0.468 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 | –1.30 | 0.194 |
| Protein | 1.01 | 1.00–1.02 | 2.11 | 0.035 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.01 | 0.56 | 0.574 |
| Fat | 1.00 | 0.99–1.00 | –0.65 | 0.514 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 | –0.22 | 0.823 |
| BMI | 1.03 | 0.98–1.07 | 1.17 | 0.243 | 1.08 | 1.04–1.12 | 4.27 | <0.001 |
| Systolic pressure | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | –0.64 | 0.520 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.00 | –1.38 | 0.167 |
| Smoke | ||||||||
| No | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 1.05 | 0.50–2.01 | 0.14 | 0.892 | 0.85 | 0.68–1.07 | –1.38 | 0.168 |
| Alcohol | ||||||||
| No | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Yes | 0.84 | 0.46–1.43 | –0.61 | 0.545 | 1.39 | 1.10–1.76 | 2.73 | 0.006 |
CI, confidence interval; HS-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; TG, triglyceride; Apo, apolipoprotein; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; IR, insulin resistance; BMI, body mass index.