Relationship of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Oral Cancer

Table 4

Correlations between areca nut use and the risk of metabolic syndrome after adjusting for age and gender.

	Never use	Areca nut use
		Odds ratio	95% CI	values
Metabolic syndrome	1.00	2.30	0.12–3.27	0.03
Abdominal obesity^1		1.21	0.58–2.54	0.61
High blood pressure^2		1.66	0.76–3.65	0.21
Hyperglycemia^3		2.71	1.29–5.69	<0.01
Hypertriglyceridemia^4		0.83	0.39–1.78	0.63
Low HDL-C^5		0.86	0.40–1.84	0.70

¹Waist circumferences: ≥90 cm (males) and ≥80 cm (females). ²Systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 85 mmHg, or taking antihypertensive drugs. ³Fasting glucose ≥ 5.6 mM or taking hypoglycemic drugs. ⁴Triglyceride ≥ 1.7 mM or taking antihyperlipidemia drugs. ⁵HDL-C: <1.0 mM (males) and <1.3 mM (females). CI, confidence interval; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol.