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Table 4 Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) of metabolic syndrome across tertiles of snack patterns

From: Snack consumption patterns and their associations with risk of incident metabolic syndrome: Tehran lipid and glucose study

 

Tertiles of snack patterns

P for trend

 

1

2

3

 

Healthy pattern

    

Cases/ person-year

204/3819

207/3712

185/3778

 

HR (95% CI) Crude Model

1.00

1.04 (0.86–1.27)

0.94 (0.77–1.15)

0.568

HR (95% CI) Model 1

1.00

1.05 (0.86–1.28)

0.99 (0.81–1.21)

0.939

HR (95% CI) Model 2

1.00

1.06 (0.87–1.30)

0.99 (0.81–1.21)

0.938

Low-fructose pattern

    

Cases/ person-year

210/3677

203/3789

183/3843

 

HR (95% CI) Crude Model

1.00

0.93 (0.77–1.13)

0.82 (0.67-1.00)

0.054

HR (95% CI) Model 1

1.00

0.98 (0.81–1.20)

0.85 (0.69–1.04)

0.119

HR (95% CI) Model 2

1.00

0.97 (0.80–1.18)

0.84 (0.68–1.04)

0.114

High-trans pattern

    

Cases/ person-year

196/3765

195/3836

205/3709

 

HR (95% CI) Crude Model

1.00

0.97 (0.79–1.18)

1.06 (0.87–1.29)

0.565

HR (95% CI) Model 1

1.00

0.92 (0.75–1.12)

0.96 (0.79–1.18)

0.724

HR (95% CI) Model 2

1.00

0.92 (0.75–1.12)

0.94 (0.77–1.16)

0.578

High-caffeine pattern

    

Cases/ person-year

225/3687

196/3845

175/3777

 

HR (95% CI) Crude Model

1.00

0.84 (0.69–1.03)

0.77 (0.63–0.94)

0.009

HR (95% CI) Model 1

1.00

0.85 (0.70–1.03)

0.82 (0.67–0.99)

0.048

HR (95% CI) Model 2

1.00

0.85 (0.70–1.03)

0.80 (0.65–0.99)

0.032

High-fructose pattern

    

Cases/ person-year

193/3845

207/3696

196/3768

 

HR (95% CI) Crude Model

1.00

1.11 (0.91–1.36)

1.03 (0.85–1.27)

0.736

HR (95% CI) Model 1

1.00

1.00 (0.82–1.22)

1.00 (0.82–1.22)

0.999

HR (95% CI) Model 2

1.00

1.01 (0.82–1.24)

0.99 (0.80–1.21)

0.907

  1. Data are hazard ratio (95% confidence interval); proportional hazard Cox regression was used. HR, Hazard Ratio; CI, confidence interval
  2. Model 1 adjusted for sex (men/women), age (years), body mass index (kg/m2), smoking (yes/no), physical activity level
  3. Model 2 additionally adjusted for dietary intake of total energy (kcal/d) and total protein (g/d)