Optimal Waist Circumference Cut-Off Point for Multiple Risk Factor Aggregation: Results from the Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study

Table 4

Logistic regression model for risk factors associated with Elevated Waist Circumference (abdominal obesity), Maracaibo, 2014.

		Crude odds ratio; (CI 95%^a)	P^b	Adjusted odds ratio^c; (CI 95%)	P
High blood pressure^d
Absent	1199	1.00	—	1.00	—
Present	703	4.13 (3.38–5.05)	<0.01	2.38 (1.87– 3.05)	<0.01
Impaired fasting glucose^d
Absent	1443	1.00	—	1.00	—
Present	459	2.78 (2.23–3.47)	<0.01	1.42 (1.08–1.85)	0.01
High triacylglycerides^d
Absent	1406	1.00	—	1.00	—
Present	496	3.44 (2.75–4.29)	<0.01	1.67 (1.29–2.17)	<0.01
Low HDL-C^d
Absent	827	1.00	—	1.00	—
Present	1075	1.94 (1.61–2.33)	<0.01	1.60 (1.28–1.99)	<0.01
Insulin resistance^e
Absent	1049	1.00	—	1.00	—
Present	853	3.55 (2.93–4.29)	<0.01	3.10 (2.47–3.83)	<0.01

Confidence interval (95%). ^bSignificance Level.
^cAdjusted for gender, age groups, ethnic groups, high blood pressure, impaired fasting glucose, high triacylglycerides, low HDL-C, and insulin resistance.
^dCriteria from the IDF/AHA/NHLBI-2009 consensus.
^eEstimated through the HOMA2-IR model; cut-off value: ≥2.