Rice-eating pattern and the risk of metabolic syndrome especially waist circumference in Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES)

Table 4 Multivariate adjusted odds ratios (95% CIs) for metabolic syndrome and individual components of metabolic syndrome according to rice-eating patterns in women

Metabolic syndrome traits	White rice group	Rice with other foods group				Mixed group
Metabolic syndrome traits	White rice group	Rice with beans		Rice with multi-grains		Mixed group
	Ref	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Postmenopausal women
Waist circumference	1	0.78	0.66-0.92	0.83	0.73-0.94	0.88	0.75-1.03
Triglyceride	1	0.92	0.76-1.12	0.88	0.77-1.02	0.86	0.72-1.03
HDL cholesterol	1	0.90	0.76-1.08	0.87	0.76-0.99	0.82	0.70-0.97
Blood pressure	1	1.08	0.91-1.29	1.00	0.88-1.14	0.87	0.74-1.03
Fasting glucose	1	0.75	0.61-0.92	0.92	0.80-1.07	0.89	0.74-1.07
Metabolic syndrome	1	0.86	0.71-1.04	0.85	0.73-0.98	0.74	0.62-0.89
Premenopausal women
Waist circumference	1	0.77	0.64-0.93	0.97	0.87-1.10	1.02	0.89-1.17
Triglyceride	1	1.02	0.80-1.31	0.95	0.81-1.12	0.93	0.77-1.13
HDL cholesterol	1	1.03	0.85-1.24	1.05	0.93-1.02	1.11	0.96-1.29
Blood pressure	1	0.90	0.73-1.11	0.92	0.80-1.05	0.86	0.73-1.01
Fasting glucose	1	0.93	0.74-1.18	0.95	0.82-1.10	0.97	0.81-1.17
Metabolic syndrome	1	0.88	0.66-1.17	1.06	0.89-1.27	1.03	0.83-1.28

Odds ratios were adjusted for age, total energy, education level, supplement use, exercise, drinking, and smoking.
The subjects with hormone replacement therapy were excluded among postmenopausal women.
Metabolic syndrome was defined as the presence of ≥3 of 5 components.

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