| Cases (%) | Controls (%) | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis* | Multivariate analysis† | ||||
| (n = 3539) | (n = 3539) | OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | |
| Increased waist circumference‡ | ||||||||
| (+) | 48.4 | 37.0 | 1.60 (1.45 to 1.76) | <0.001 | 1.51 (1.35 to 1.69) | <0.001 | 1.47 (1.30 to 1.65) | <0.001 |
| Elevated blood pressure | ||||||||
| (+) | 45.2 | 40.1 | 1.31 (1.16 to 1.48) | <0.001 | 1.14 (1.04 to 1.26) | 0.007 | 1.10 (0.98 to 1.22) | 0.101 |
| Raised fasting glucose | ||||||||
| (+) | 20.9 | 17.7 | 1.23 (1.09 to 1.38) | 0.001 | 1.13 (1.00 to 1.28) | 0.042 | 1.06 (0.92 to 1.21) | 0.443 |
| Hyper-triglyceride | ||||||||
| (+) | 31.9 | 24.0 | 1.48 (1.34 to 1.65) | <0.001 | 1.27 (1.14 to 1.42) | <0.001 | 1.20 (1.05 to 1.36) | 0.006 |
| Low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol | ||||||||
| (+) | 25.3 | 20.9 | 1.28 (1.14 to 1.43) | <0.001 | 1.24 (1.11 to 1.39) | <0.001 | 1.14 (0.99 to 1.29) | 0.057 |
*Adjusted for smoking, alcohol and body mass index (BMI).
†Adjusted for smoking, alcohol, BMI and individual components of metabolic syndrome.
‡ >90 cm in men and >80 cm in women.
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.