Famine Exposure in Early Life and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adulthood: Comparisons of Different Metabolic Syndrome Definitions

Table 6

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of metabolic syndrome in relation to different life stages at famine exposure by the IDF definition.

	Univariate	Model 1	Model 2
Men
Unexposed	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)
Fetal-exposed	1.15 (0.85-1.56)	1.12 (0.81-1.56)	1.01 (0.71-1.43)
Childhood-exposed	1.11 (0.92-1.33)	1.05 (0.78-1.42)	0.96 (0.69-1.33)
Adolescence/adult-exposed	1.11 (0.93-1.33)	1.01 (0.61-1.66)	0.85 (0.49-1.49)
Women
Unexposed	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)
Fetal-exposed	1.78 (1.40-2.27)	1.22 (0.94-1.57)	1.31 (1.01-1.72)
Childhood-exposed	2.73 (2.38-3.14)	1.29 (1.02-1.61)	1.37 (1.06-1.76)
Adolescence/adult-exposed	5.30 (4.56-6.15)	1.21 (0.83-1.78)	1.38 (0.90-2.11)

Model 1: adjusted for age. Model 2: adjusted for age, study cohort, residential area, sex, education levels, income levels, current smoking, and current drinking.