Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in primary health settings in Qatar: a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 4 A multiple logistic regression model with the risk of having metabolic syndrome and age, gender and nationality as predictors

	Adjusted OR	P
Age (years)
30–39 compared to 18–29	2.45	< 0.001
40–49 years old compared to 18–29	5.10	< 0.001
50–59 years old compared to 18–29	9.12	< 0.001
60+ years old compared to 18–29	13.11	< 0.001
Gender
Men compared to women	1.33	< 0.001
Nationality
Northern Africa compared to Qatari	1.38	< 0.001
Sub-Saharan Africa compared to Qatari	0.81	< 0.001
Latin America and the Caribbean compared to Qatari	0.66	0.08[NS]
Northern America compared to Qatari	0.67	< 0.001
Eastern-Central Asia compared to Qatari	0.64	0.13[NS]
South-eastern Asia compared to Qatari	0.93	0.018
Southern Asia compared to Qatari	1.73	< 0.001
Western Asia (excluding Qatar) compared to Qatari	1.17	< 0.001
Eastern Europe compared to Qatari	0.52	0.002
Northern Europe compared to Qatari	0.68	< 0.001
Southern Europe compared to Qatari	0.31	< 0.001
Western Europe compared to Qatari	0.44	< 0.001
Australasia compared to Qatari	0.63	0.035

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