Table 4.

Relationship between metabolic syndrome and carotid atherosclerosisin multivariate analysis.

Risk factors	ln (TPA)		Carotid plaque
	β (95%CI)	P	References	OR (95%CI)	P
MetS	0.18 (0.08, 0.27)	<0.001	No	1.20 (1.01, 1.42)	0.036
Num. of components of MetS			<3
3–4	0.16 (0.07, 0.26)	0.001		1.21 (1.02, 1.44)	0.030
5	0.28 (0.12, 0.44)	0.001		1.47 (1.09, 1.98)	0.011
MetS components
Raised BP	0.19 (0.07, 0.31)	0.002	No	1.49 (1.21, 1.83)	<0.001
Raised FPG	0.06 (−0.03, 0.14)	0.173	No	1.05 (0.90, 1.22)	0.559
Reduced HDL–C	0.05 (−0.04, 0.15)	0.276	No	1.06 (0.89, 1.26)	0.530
Raised TG	0.06 (−0.03, 0.15)	0.184	No	1.14 (0.96, 1.34)	0.128
Abdominal obesity	0.06 (−0.01, 0.23)	0.054	No	0.86 (0.69, 1.06)	0.152

MetS, Metabolic syndrome; FBG, fasting blood glucose; BP, blood pressure; TG, triglycerides; HDL–C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Multivariate analysis in MetS, Num. of MetS components and MetS components were adjusted by age, education, smoking status, LDL–C.