Table A1.
Hazard ratios (95 % CI) for the incidence of MetS.
| Variables | Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | 95 % CI | HR | 95 % CI | |||
| Change in exercise behavior | ||||||
| Maintain regular exercise | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Maintain irregular exercise | 0.93 | 0.78 | 1.11 | 0.95 | 0.84 | 1.09 |
| Maintain no exercise | 0.79 | 0.68 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 1.11 |
| Increase | 0.85 | 0.73 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.85 | 1.04 |
| Decrease | 0.91 | 0.77 | 1.06 | 1.01 | 0.91 | 1.13 |
| Number of screenings attended | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.564 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.52 |
| Sociodemographic variable | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| <65 | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| ≧65 | 2.12 | 1.85 | 2.43 | 2.01 | 1.80 | 2.25 |
| Education level | ||||||
| Junior high school or below | 1.13 | 0.97 | 1.32 | 1.34 | 1.17 | 1.54 |
| Senior high school | 1.16 | 0.99 | 1.35 | 1.13 | 0.97 | 1.31 |
| College or above | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Degree of PA at work | ||||||
| Light | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Moderate | 0.91 | 0.80 | 1.02 | 0.96 | 0.87 | 1.07 |
| Vigorous | 1.00 | 0.87 | 1.14 | 0.83 | 0.74 | 0.93 |
| Living area*** | ||||||
| City | 1.09 | 0.94 | 1.26 | 0.99 | 0.90 | 1.09 |
| Township | 0.92 | 0.81 | 1.04 | 0.94 | 0.87 | 1.02 |
| Village | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Personal health | ||||||
| BMI*** | ||||||
| BMI < 24 | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| 24 ≤ BMI < 27 | 1.84 | 1.63 | 2.07 | 1.68 | 1.55 | 1.82 |
| BMI ≧ 27 | 2.17 | 1.88 | 2.50 | 1.80 | 1.64 | 1.97 |
| Number of MetS components | ||||||
| 0 | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| 1 | 2.25 | 1.84 | 2.74 | 2.46 | 2.18 | 2.78 |
| 2 | 4.41 | 3.64 | 5.35 | 4.48 | 3.97 | 5.06 |
| Personal disease history | ||||||
| Diabetes mellitus | 1.45 | 1.20 | 1.76 | 1.47 | 1.26 | 1.72 |
| Hypertension | 1.40 | 1.22 | 1.59 | 1.47 | 1.33 | 1.62 |
| Cardiac disease | 0.95 | 0.74 | 1.22 | 1.13 | 0.96 | 1.34 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 1.19 | 0.95 | 1.49 | 1.17 | 0.98 | 1.39 |
| Health-related behaviors | ||||||
| Smoking | ||||||
| Never | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Former | 1.00 | 0.87 | 1.15 | 0.63 | 0.33 | 1.22 |
| Current | 1.19 | 1.05 | 1.35 | 1.16 | 0.78 | 1.72 |
| Chewing betel nuts | ||||||
| Never | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Former | 1.04 | 0.90 | 1.21 | 2.87 | 0.98 | 8.40 |
| Current | 1.15 | 0.96 | 1.36 | 0.55 | 0.14 | 2.22 |
| Drinking alcohol | ||||||
| Never | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Former | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 0.06 | 1.06 |
| Occasional | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.87 | 0.66 | 1.16 |
| Frequent | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 1.08 |
| Dietary habits | ||||||
| Vegetable ≧ 3 bowls/day | 1.03 | 0.89 | 1.18 | 1.10 | 1.00 | 1.22 |
| Fruit ≧ 7 times/week | 1.12 | 1.01 | 1.25 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 1.09 |
| Little beverage | 0.99 | 0.89 | 1.10 | 0.97 | 0.89 | 1.05 |
| Little snack | 0.97 | 0.87 | 1.07 | 1.10 | 1.03 | 1.18 |
| Adjusted for all covariates: age, education, degree of PA at work, living area, BMI, number of screenings attended, number of MetS components, personal disease history, health-related behaviors (smoking, chewing betel nuts, drinking alcohol), and dietary habits (vegetables, fruit, beverages, snacks). | ||||||