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Table 6 Odds ratio for the association between age, physical activity patterns, adiposity indicators and biochemical parameters, and pre-metabolic syndrome and metabolic syndrome, in health professionals

From: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and pre-metabolic syndrome in health professionals: LATINMETS Brazil study

Variables

Pre-MS

MS

 

OR (CI 95%)

OR (CI 95%)

Age (≥40 years)

2.76 (0.70-10.80)

14.29 (3.69-55.26)

Physical activity patterns (non-active)

1.72 (0.53-5.55)

4.57 (1.21-17.24)

BMI (kg/m2)

1.36 (1.17-1.58)

1.75 (1.35-2.27)

BAI

1.08 (0.96-1.22)

1.32 (1.13-1.56)

Body fat (%)

1.12 (1.04-1.21)

1.18 (1.06-1.32)

Total cholesterol /HDL-c

2.53 (1.54-4.15)

3.38 (1.89-6.05)

LDL-c/HDL-c

2.53 (1.44-4.46)

2.49 (1.28-4.86)

Uric acid (mg/dL)

1.18 (0.79-1.75)

2.06 (1.32-3.22)

Complement C3 (mg/dL)

1.03 (1.00-1.06)

1.06 (1.02-1.09)

  1. Abbreviations: Pre-MS pre-metabolic syndrome, MS metabolic syndrome, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index, BAI body adiposity index, HDL-c HDL-cholesterol, LDL-c LDL-cholesterol.
  2. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 2014.