Table 4 Logistic Regression Predicting Presence of Metabolic Syndrome from WHtR Cutoff: Add Health Study, 1994-2008, n = 7 935

WHtR Cutoff

12.0 (10.41, 13.74)

<0.0001

12.0 (9.64, 15.05)

<0.0001

11.7 (9.79, 13.96)

<0.0001

NonHispanic Caucasian

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NonHispanic African American

1.3 (1.12, 1.57)

0.001

1.4 (1.14, 1.70)

0.001

1.2 (0.93, 1.52)

0.164

NonHispanic Native American/Asian

1.7 (1.36, 2.14)

<0.0001

1.8 (1.28, 2.50)

0.001

1.7 (1.23, 2.30)

0.001

Hispanic

1.2 (1.03, 1.44)

0.020

1.4 (1.11, 1.76)

0.004

1.1 (0.83, 1.34)

0.674

Smoking

1.0 (1.00, 1.01)

0.001

1.0 (1.00, 1.02)

0.003

1.0 (0.99, 1.01)

0.096

Age

1.1 (1.03, 1.11)

<0.001

1.1 (1.00, 1.11)

0.048

1.1 (1.03, 1.15)

0.002

Sex

0.4 (0.33, 0.42)

<0.0001

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-

Weighted

OR

P Value

OR

P Value

OR

P Value

WHtR Cutoff

13.3 ( 10.79, 16.30)

<0.0001

10.6 (8.35, 13.44)

<0.0001

13.8 (10.58, 18.08)

<0.0001

NonHispanic Caucasian

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NonHispanic African American

1.3 ( 1.14, 1.62)

0.001

1.5 (1.17, 1.95)

0.002

1.3 (0.88, 1.82)

0.213

NonHispanic Native American/Asian

1.4 ( 0.80, 2.30)

0.259

1.7 (1.03, 2.86)

0.040

1.2 (0.59, 2.26)

0.667

Hispanic

1.1 (0.86, 1.36)

0.505

1.5 (1.17, 1.98)

0.002

0.8 (0.59, 1.14)

0.230

Smoking

1.0 (1.00, 1.01)

0.052

1.0 (1.00, 1.02)

0.039

1.0 (0.99, 1.01)

0.393

Age

1.1 (1.01, 1.11)

0.023

1.0 (0.98, 1.11)

0.160

1.1 (0.99, 1.15)

0.059

Sex

0.4 (0.30, 0.42)

<0.0001

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-

-

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