High Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Related Demographic Factors in North of Iran: Results from the PERSIAN Guilan Cohort Study

Table 3

The relationship between metabolic syndrome and demographic characteristics in single and multivariate regression analyses.

Variables	Category	OR (crude)		OR (adjusted)
		OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Age (years)	44–35	Ref
	45–54	1.40 (1.26–1.55)	<0.001	1.42 (1.28–1.59)	<0.001
	55–65	1.99 (1.79–2.22)	<0.001	2.10 (1.86–2.36)	<0.001
	65–70	2.13 (1.84–2.47)	<0.001	2.32 (1.96–2.74)	<0.001
Gender	Men	Ref
	Women	3.23 (2.98–3.51)	<0.001	3.23 (2.89–3.61)	<0.001
Location	Urban	Ref
	Rural	0.82 (0.76–0.89)	<0.001	0.73 (0.67–0.80)	<0.001
Marital status	Single	Ref
	Married	0.67 (0.59–0.77)	<0.001	1.06 (0.92–1.22)	0.387
Education Level	Illiterate	Ref
	1–5 years	0.69 (0.62–0.78)	<0.001	0.90 (0.79–1.02)	0.120
	6–12 years	0.60 (0.53–0.67)	<0.001	0.88 (0.77–1.00)	0.055
	Academic level	0.50 (0.41–0.60)	<0.001	0.82 (0.66–1.01)	0.064
Current employment	No	Ref
	Yes	0.41 (0.38–0.44)	<0.001	0.92 (0.83–1.03)	0.179