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Table 6 Logistic regression analyses for possible effects of MS status of spouses

From: Significant but weak spousal concordance of metabolic syndrome components in Japanese couples

Criteria

Dependent variable

Independent variables

Odds ratio

95 % confidence interval

Age

MS status

JMHLW

MS of husbandsa

Age of husbands

MS of wivesb

1.22

0.75 to 1.98

 Ibid.

MS risk of husbandsc

Age of husbands

MS risk of wivesb

1.23

0.68 to 2.24

 Ibid.

MS of wivesa

Age of wives

MS of husbandsb

1.26

0.84 to 1.91

 Ibid.

MS risk of wivesc

Age of wives

MS risk of husbandsb

1.10

0.51 to 2.35

NCEP

MS of husbandsa

Age of husbands

MS of wivesb

1.57

0.56 to 4.43

 Ibid.

MS of wivesa

Age of wives

MS of husbandsb

1.62

0.57 to 4.58

JIS

MS of husbandsa

Age of husbands

MS of wivesb

1.54

0.62 to 3.80

 Ibid.

MS of wivesa

Age of wives

MS of husbandsb

1.52

0.61 to 3.76

  1. p values were > 0.1 in all cases
  2. JMHLW for reference [6], NCEP for reference [2] and JIS for reference [17]
  3. MS, metabolic syndrome group; MSRES, MS reserve group; Non-MS, non-metabolic syndrome group
  4. aYes for the MS group, and no for the MSRES and NonMS groups
  5. bMS, MSRES and NonMS cases are scored as 1, 2 and 3
  6. cYes for the MS and MSRES groups, and no for the NonMS group