Table 4 Relationship between TV viewing time and other co-variates and metabolic syndrome risk by gender
| Â | Men (n = 1144) | Women (n = 1209) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | MSa (n = 431) | Non-MSa (n = 713) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | MSa (n = 352) | Non-MSa (n = 857) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
TV viewing time (hours/week) | ||||||||
   < 14 | 108(32.8) | 221(67.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 66(19.3) | 276(80.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
   14–20 | 111(32.4) | 232(67.6) | 0.98(0.71, 1.35) | 0.96(0.69, 1.33) | 80(26.1) | 226(73.9) | 1.48(1.02, 2.14) | 1.38(0.93, 2.05) |
   > 20 | 212(44.9) | 260(55.1) | 1.67(1.25, 2.24) | 1.50(1.10, 2.03) | 206(36.7) | 355(63.3) | 2.43(1.76, 3.34) | 1.93(1.37, 2.71) |
Age (yrs) | ||||||||
   40–49 | 110(32.6) | 227(67.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 61(13.3) | 397(86.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
   50–59 | 119(35.0) | 221(65.0) | 1.11(0.81, 1.53) | 1.02(0.73, 1.42) | 120(31.0) | 267(69.0) | 2.93(2.07, 4.13) | 2.52(1.75, 3.62) |
   60–69 | 90(43.3) | 118(56.7) | 1.57(1.10, 2.25) | 1.34(0.91, 1.97) | 105(43.8) | 135(56.2) | 5.06(3.49, 7.34) | 3.79(2.51, 5.72) |
   ≥ 70 | 112(43.2) | 147(56.8) | 1.57(1.13, 2.20) | 1.20(0.81, 1.79) | 66(53.2) | 58(46.8) | 7.41(4.75, 11.54) | 5.31(3.22, 8.77) |
Educational level | ||||||||
   < 9 | 139(42.3) | 190(57.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 218(41.1) | 313(58.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
   9–12 | 206(37.9) | 338(62.1) | 0.83(0.63, 1.10) | 0.97(0.72, 1.31) | 105(20.3) | 413(79.7) | 0.37(0.28, 0.48) | 0.63(0.46, 0.86) |
   > 12 | 86(31.7) | 185(68.3) | 0.64(0.45, 0.89) | 0.81(0.54, 1.19) | 29(18.1) | 131(81.9) | 0.32(0.21, 0.49) | 0.67(0.41, 1.11) |
Household income (Taiwanese thousand dollars/month) | ||||||||
   < 40 | 237(42.4) | 322(57.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 214(35.6) | 387(64.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
   40–100 | 149(32. 9) | 304(67.1) | 0.67(0.51, 0.86) | 0.79(0.59, 1.06) | 116(23.4) | 380(76.6) | 0.55(0.42, 0.72) | 0.82(0.61, 1.10) |
   > 100 | 45(34.1) | 87(65.9) | 0.70(0.47, 1.05) | 0.89(0.56, 1.39) | 22(19.6) | 90(80.4) | 0.44(0.27, 0.73) | 0.82(0.47, 1.43) |
Occupation activity (MET-hour) | ||||||||
   < 40 | 178(41.3) | 229(56.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 122(35.2) | 225(64.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
   40–83 | 137(37.7) | 226(62.3) | 0.78(0.58, 1.04) | 0.95(0.69, 1.29) | 105(24.8) | 318(75.2) | 0.61(0.45, 0.83) | 0.94(0.67, 1.33) |
   > 83 | 116(31.0) | 258(69.0) | 0.58(0.43, 0.78) | 0.64(0.46, 0.88) | 125(28.5) | 314(71.5) | 0.73(0.54, 0.99) | 1.08(0.77, 1.52) |
Cigarette smoking | ||||||||
   Never | 189(34.2) | 363(65.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 330(28.7) | 822(71.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
   former | 103(39.3) | 159(60.7) | 1.24(0.92, 1.69) | 1.14(0.83, 1.56) | 9(60.0) | 6(40.0) | 3.74(1.32, 10.58) | 4.67(1.49, 14.69) |
   Current | 139(42.1) | 191(57.9) | 1.40(1.06, 1.85) | 1.42(1.06, 1.92) | 13(31.0) | 29(69.0) | 1.12(0.57, 2.18) | 1.35(0.66, 2.77) |