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Table 4 Model 2, adjusted risks for metabolic syndrome (MetS) using MetS-component count as potential risk factors

From: Worksite health screening programs for predicting the development of Metabolic Syndrome in middle-aged employees: a five-year follow-up study

Baseline potential risk factors

Adjusted-OR*

95%CI

p

MetS component count

   

   Adults having a single MetS component

2.8

1.6 - 4.7

<0.01

   Adults having two MetS components

7.3

4.3 - 12.6

<0.01

Hyperuricemia

1.0

0.6 - 1.6

0.99

Sonographic fatty liver

2.4

1.6 - 3.6

<0.01

Elevated alanine aminotransferase

1.3

0.8 - 2.1

0.37

Elevated γ-glutamyl transferase

2.0

1.2 - 3.1

<0.01

Hyperinsulinemia

1.8

1.2 - 2.6

<0.01

  1. * Adjusted variables were age and categorical variables including gender, smoking, diet habits, drinking, exercise status, liver enzymes, sonographic fatty liver, hepatovirus infections, hyperinsulinemia and hyperuricemia.
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