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Table 3 Association between cardio-metabolic risk factors and metabolic syndrome

From: Metabolic syndrome and its predictors in an urban population in Kenya: A cross sectional study

Variable

Categories

Number

Metabolic syndrome status

Univariate

bMultivariate

   

Present-No. (%)

Absent-No. (%)

p-value

Crude OR (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Gender

Malea

255

64 (25.1%)

191 (74.9%)

    
 

Female

273

71 (26.0%)

202 (74.0%)

0.811

1.05 (0.71–1.55)

0.523

1.20 (0.68–2.13)

Age (years)

18-29a

134

6 (4.5%)

128 (95.5%)

    
 

30–39

136

23 (16.9%)

113 (83.1%)

0.002

4.34 (1.71–11.04)

0.051

2.64 (1.00–6.99)

 

40–49

131

45 (34.4%)

86 (65.6%)

0.000

11.16 (4.56–27.31)

0.000

6.06 (2.35–15.60)

 

50–65

127

61 (48.0%)

66 (52.0%)

0.000

19.72 (8.10–48.00)

0.000

11.74 (4.61–29.88)

BMI (kg/m2)

<25.00a

242

19 (7.9%)

223 (92.1%)

    
 

25.00–29.99

198

76 (38.4%)

122 (61.6%)

0.000

7.31 (4.22–12.66)

0.000

5.08 (2.80–9.22)

 

30.00–39.99

88

40 (45.5%)

48 (54.5%)

0.000

9.78 (5.22–18.34)

0.000

5.23 (2.57–10.66)

WC (cm)

<94 (M) OR <80 (F)a

234

4 (1.7%)

230 (98.3%)

    
 

≥94 (M) OR ≥80 (F)

294

131 (44.6%)

163 (55.4%)

0.000

46.21 (16.75–127.50)

  

TGs (mmol/L)

<1.7a

437

63 (14.4%)

374 (85.6%)

    
 

≥1.7

91

72 (79.1%)

19 (20.9%)

0.000

22.50 (12.70–39.85)

  

HDL-C (mmol/L)

≥1(M) OR ≥1.3 (F)a

304

38 (12.5%)

266 (87.5%)

    
 

<1(M) OR <1.3 (F)

224

97 (43.3%)

127 (56.7%)

0.000

5.35 (3.48–8.22)

  

BP (mmHg)

SBP < 130 OR DBP < 85a

287

21 (7.3%)

266 (92.7%)

    
 

SBP ≥ 130 OR DBP ≥ 85

241

114 (47.3%)

127 (52.7%)

0.000

11.37 (6.82–18.96)

  

FPG (mmol/L)

<5.6a

445

65 (14.6%)

380 (85.4%)

    
 

≥5.6

83

70 (84.3%)

13 (15.7%)

0.000

31.48 (16.47–60.16)

  

hsCRP (mg/L)

<1.3a

262

44 (16.8%)

218 (83.2%)

    
 

≥1.3

266

91 (34.2%)

175 (65.8%)

0.000

2.58 (1.71–3.89)

0.620

1.14 (0.686–1.880)

GGT (IU/L)

<25a

263

45 (17.1%)

218 (82.9%)

    
 

≥25

265

90 (34.0%)

175 (66.0%)

0.000

2.491 (1.654–3.752)

0.003

2.173 (1.295–3.648)

UA (mmol/L)

<0.31a

252

47 (18.7%)

205 (18.3%)

    
 

≥0.31

276

88 (31.9%)

188 (68.1%)

0.000

2.042 (1.361–3.063)

0.000

2.042 (1.361–3.063)

  1. Abbreviations BMI Body Mass Index, BP Blood pressure, CI Confidence interval, CVD Cardiovascular disease, DBP Diastolic BP, F Female, FPG Fasting plasma glucose, GGT Gamma-glutamyl transferase, HDL-C High density lipoprotein cholesterol, hs CRP highly sensitive C-reactive protein, M Male, SBP Systolic BP, TGs Triglycerides, UA uric acid, WC Waist circumference
  2. aIndicates reference category,
  3. bComponents of MetS excluded in the multivariate analysis