Gender-Specific Associations between Socioeconomic Status and Psychological Factors and Metabolic Syndrome in the Korean Population: Findings from the 2013 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Table 3

Associations for the socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome in men and women after adjustment for age, smoking status, alcohol drinking status, and exercise.

Variables	Men			Women
	Adjusted OR	95% CI		Adjusted OR	95% CI
Marital status			<0.001			0.721
Married	1			1
Single	0.45	0.31 to 0.65	<0.001	0.83	0.47 to 1.45	0.504
Widowed	1.34	0.69 to 2.60	0.168	0.96	0.72 to 1.29	0.796
Divorced	1.61	1.02 to 2.55	0.042	0.80	0.51 to 1.26	0.334
Occupation			0.430			0.780
None	1			1
Nonmanual	1.19	0.91 to 1.56	0.198	0.91	0.71 to 1.18	0.483
Manual	1.13	0.87 to 1.45	0.357	0.97	0.75 to 1.26	0.804
Economy			0.364			0.006
Lowest	1			1
Medium lowest	0.90	0.66 to 1.22	0.503	0.86	0.65 to 1.14	0.291
Medium highest	1.04	0.77 to 1.41	0.802	1.03	0.76 to 1.39	0.869
Highest	0.84	0.61 to 1.14	0.256	0.63	0.46 to 0.86	0.004
Education			0.304			0.001
Elementary or less (≤6 years)	1			1
Middle school (7–9 years)	1.05	0.75 to 1.46	0.772	0.94	0.68 to 1.29	0.692
High school (10–12 years)	1.26	0.89 to 1.78	0.198	0.81	0.61 to 1.07	0.139
College and above (≥13 years)	1.21	0.96 to 1.52	0.102	0.46	0.32 to 0.67	<0.001
Psychological factor
Perceived stress	1.25	0.98 to 1.59	0.076	1.26	1.003 to 1.59	0.047
Depressive mood	1.35	0.95 to 1.93	0.094	1.14	0.87 to 1.49	0.348
Suicidal thoughts	1.64	1.03 to 2.61	0.036	1.28	0.86 to 1.92	0.229