Metabolic syndrome related health inequalities in Korean elderly: Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHAES)

Table 3 Odds Ratios (OR) for metabolic syndrome factors by body image (BMI)

	Underweight (n = 79)	Normal (n = 955)		Overweight (n = 502)		p ^a
	OR	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	p ^a
Waist circumference (cm)^a	1.00	3.072	2.004-4.711	8.908	0.908-8.900	<0.001
Fasting Glucose (mg/dl)	1.00	1.211	0.541-2.712	1.654	0.697-3.926	0.171
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	1.00	19.744	2.602-147.828	19.861	2.300-171.475	0.017
TG (triglyceride) (mg/dl)	1.00	2.905	1.182-7.140	1.995	0.724-5.499	0.014
Blood Pressure (mm Hg)	1.00	1.454	0.512-4.132	1.375	0.467-4.046	0.779

Note.^aBased on multiple logistic regression analysis, with 3 categories of each body images.

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