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Table 3 Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for MetS and its components according to serum Gly levels

From: Association of serum glycine levels with metabolic syndrome in an elderly Chinese population

 

Gly as a continuous variable

Gly as a categorical variable

Per SD increment

P

T1

T2

T3

P trend a

MetS

 Model 1 b

0.75 (0.61–0.93)

0.008

1.0

0.61 (0.39–0.97)

0.43 (0.27–0.70)

< 0.001

 Model 2 c

0.71 (0.58–0.88)

0.002

1.0

0.59 (0.37–0.94)

0.40 (0.25–0.65)

< 0.001

 Model 3 d

0.72 (0.57–0.91)

0.005

1.0

0.66 (0.40–1.09)

0.43 (0.26–0.71)

0.001

Central obesity

 Model 1 b

0.79 (0.65–0.95)

0.013

1.0

0.58 (0.37–0.93)

0.54 (0.34–0.87)

0.011

 Model 2 c

0.69 (0.56–0.84)

0.0001

1.0

0.54 (0.33–0.87)

0.46 (0.28–0.74)

0.002

 Model 3 d

0.68 (0.54–0.84)

0.001

1.0

0.62 (0.37–1.03)

0.49 (0.29–0.81)

0.006

Hypertriglyceridemia

 Model 1 b

0.83 (0.67–1.04)

0.109

1.0

0.64 (0.39–1.04)

0.48 (0.29–0.80)

0.004

 Model 2 c

0.77 (0.61–0.97)

0.024

1.0

0.60 (0.37–0.99)

0.42 (0.25–0.71)

< 0.001

 Model 3 d

0.80 (0.63–1.00)

0.053

1.0

0.64 (0.31–1.33)

0.61 (0.30–1.25)

0.176

Hypo-HDL-cholesterolemia

 Model 1 b

0.89 (0.71–1.11)

0.306

1.0

0.76 (0.46–1.27)

0.76 (0.46–1.27)

0.291

 Model 2 c

0.83 (0.66–1.04)

0.103

1.0

0.72 (0.43–1.21)

0.68 (0.40–1.15)

0.149

 Model 3 d

0.84 (0.66–1.07)

0.156

1.0

0.77 (0.44–1.34)

0.74 (0.43–1.29)

0.860

Hypertension

 Model 1 b

0.95 (0.78–1.17)

0.627

1.0

1.03 (0.61–1.72)

0.87 (0.53–1.44)

0.582

 Model 2 c

0.97 (0.78–1.19)

0.739

1.0

1.05 (0.62–1.76)

0.89 (0.54–1.49)

0.661

 Model 3 d

0.96 (0.77–1.20)

0.710

1.0

1.14 (0.66–1.97)

0.89 (0.52–1.51)

0.674

Impaired fasting glucose

 Model 1 b

0.85 (0.71–1.04)

0.097

1.0

0.96 (0.62–1.50)

0.67 (0.43–1.05)

0.079

 Model 2 c

0.90 (0.74–1.09)

0.898

1.0

1.01 (0.64–1.58)

0.73 (0.46–1.14)

0.168

 Model 3 d

0.92 (0.75–1.13)

0.431

1.0

1.07 (0.66–1.71)

0.76 (0.47–1.22)

0.253

  1. aP values for trend
  2. bModel 1: Crude risk for MetS
  3. cModel 2: Adjusted for age and gender
  4. dModel 3: Further adjusted for smoking status; alcohol drinking; CRP; and family history of diabetes, hypertension, and CAD
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