Fast-Food Dietary Pattern Is Linked to Higher Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Older Canadian Adults

Table 3

Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios for the association between metabolic syndrome and dietary patterns (factors) by age group, Canadian Health Measures Survey combined Cycles 1 and 2, 2007–11.

Age group	Factors^a	Model^b	Odds ratio	LCI^c	UCI^d	value
12–19 y	F1	Model 1	2.29	0.58	9.04	0.236
		Model 2	2.36	0.09	60.83	0.604
	F2	Model 1	0.50	0.12	2.03	0.331
		Model 2	0.28	0.00	50.07	0.634
	F3	Model 1	0.82	0.37	1.82	0.621
		Model 2	0.78	0.09	6.91	0.830
	F4	Model 1	1.18	0.39	3.61	0.772
		Model 2	0.60	0.01	38	0.813
20–49 y	F1	Model 1	1.02	0.73	1.44	0.900
		Model 2	1.09	0.75	1.58	0.656
	F2	Model 1	0.79	0.59	1.06	0.110
		Model 2	0.83	0.61	1.14	0.255
	F3	Model 1	0.77	0.59	1.01	0.063
		Model 2	0.83	0.60	1.15	0.259
	F4	Model 1	1.21	0.88	1.65	0.244
		Model 2	1.14	0.74	1.75	0.552
50–79 y	F1	Model 1	0.86	0.66	1.11	0.233
		Model 2	0.90	0.69	1.17	0.438
	F2	Model 1	0.89	0.72	1.10	0.275
		Model 2	0.91	0.74	1.13	0.403
	F3	Model 1	1.25	1.03	1.51	0.021
		Model 2	1.27	1.04	1.54	0.020
	F4	Model 1	1.03	0.87	1.22	0.723
		Model 2	1.05	0.88	1.25	0.578

Sample included in the analysis for this table includes 4,272 participants (males = 49.6%) representative of 26,038,108 Canadians aged 12 to 79 years.^aF1–4 are dietary patterns 1–4. For ages 12–19 y, F1: “Western”; F2: “healthy-like”; F3: “salad and condiments”; F4: “protein/rice.” For ages 20–49 y, F1: “Western”; F2: “healthy-like”; F3: “nuts, fruits and vegetables, dairy, and cereal”; F4: “organ meat.” For ages 50–79 y, F1: “healthy-like”, F2: “salad and condiments”; F3: “fast food”; F4: “meat and potato.” ^bModel 1 adjusted for age and sex; model 2 adjusted for age, sex, income, education, physical activity, alcohol intake, and other dietary patterns between 1–4. ^cLower 95% confidence interval.^dUpper 95% confidence interval.