Gender Differences Relating to Metabolic Syndrome and Proinflammation in Finnish Subjects with Elevated Blood Pressure
Table 3
Odds ratio (OR) for the presence of metabolic syndrome defined by the NCEP criteria according to the gender-specific tertiles of insulin, C-reactive protein, adiponectin and interleukin-1- receptor antagonist in men and women in two adjusted models.
Variables
Men
Women
Model 1
Model 2
Model 1
Model 2
OR (95% CI)
OR (95% CI)
OR (95% CI)
-value
OR (95% CI)
fP-insulin
<.001
.001
.001
.013
1st tertile
1.00‡
1.00
1.00
1.00
2nd tertile
4.77 (2.01 to 11.34)
3.76 (1.46 to 9.66)
4.61 (1.95 to 10.88)
3.15 (1.27 to 7.80)
3rd tertile
22.02 (9.20 to 52.71)
5.98 (2.20 to 16.23)
17.71 (7.54 to 41.59)
6.00 (2.36 to 15.27)
hs-CRP
.12
.26
<.001
.22
1st tertile
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2nd tertile
1.58 (0.84 to 2.97)
0.98 (0.45 to 2.11)
1.76 (0.87 to 3.55)
1.21 (0.55 to 2.65)
3rd tertile
1.65 (0.87 to 3.10)
0.63 (0.28 to 1.42)
4.85 (2.47 to 9.52)
1.65 (0.74 to 3.66)
Adiponectin
.001
.44
.001
.003
1st tertile
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2nd tertile
0.32 (0.17 to 0.61)
0.67 (0.30 to 1.47)
0.59 (0.32 to 1.09)
0.67 (0.33 to 1.37)
3rd tertile
0.25 (0.13 to 0.49)
0.73 (0.33 to 1.61)
0.25 (0.13 to 0.50)
0.30 (0.14 to 0.67)
IL-1Ra
.003
.77
<.001
.068
1st tertile
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2nd tertile
1.68 (0.88 to 3.22)
0.94 (0.43 to 2.06)
3.98 (1.88to 8.43)
2.45 (1.07 to 5.62)
3rd tertile
2.61 (1.37 to 4.94)
1.12 (0.52 to 2.44)
6.80 (3.25 to 14.21)
2.22 (0.94 to 5.24)
Model 1: adjusted for age, physical activity, smoking status, and alcohol use. Model 2: adjusted for age, physical activity, smoking status, alcohol use, and BMI. -value for linearity. of odds ratio.
