Research Article
Association between Lifestyle Factors and Metabolic Syndrome among African Americans in the United States
Table 3
Predictive factors for metabolic syndrome among African American women using weighted estimates: from the NHANES 1999–
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| Age | 1.05 (1.04–1.06) | 1.06 (1.04–1.07) | Marital status | | | Married | 1.00 | 1.00 | Single | 0.84 (0.60–1.17) | 0.66 (0.43–0.99) | Education | | | Less than high school | 1.00 | 1.00 | High school | 0.68 (0.41–1.13) | 1.08 (0.63–1.86) | College graduate | 0.56 (0.37–0.83) | 0.83 (0.50–1.39) | Income | | | <$20,000 | 1.00 | 1.00 | $20,000–44,900 | 1.06 (0.75–1.50) | 1.03 (0.65–1.61) | $45,000 or above | 0.79 (0.54–1.16) | 0.68 (0.42–1.11) | Alcohol drinking | | | Nondrinkers | 1.00 | 1.00 | Moderate drinkers | 0.74 (0.55–0.99) | 0.99 (0.68–1.43) | Heavy drinkers | 0.62 (0.44–0.88) | 1.12 (0.79–1.61) | Cigarette smoking | | | Nonsmoker | 1.00 | 1.00 | Light smoker | 0.85 (0.45–1.61) | 0.74 (0.38–1.45) | Heavy smoker | 1.51 (0.75–3.02) | 1.18 (0.58–2.39) | Physical activity | | | Inactive | 1.00 | 1.00 | Low activity | 0.93 (0.61–1.42) | 1.56 (0.93–2.62) | Medium activity | 0.54 (0.31–0.93) | 0.69 (0.31–1.56) | High activity | 0.60 (0.39–0.94) | 0.99 (0.60–1.64) |
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results with statistical significance with are indicated in bold.
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