Plasma fatty acids and the risk of metabolic syndrome in ethnic Chinese adults in Taiwan

Chien, Kuo-Liong; Chao, Chia-Lun; Kuo, Chen-Hong; Lin, Hung-Ju; Liu, Pi-Hua; Chen, Pei-Rony; Hsu, Hsiu-Ching; Lee, Bai-Chin; Lee, Yuan-Teh; Chen, Ming-Fong

doi:10.1186/1476-511X-10-33

Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 2 The numbers of the case control subjects according to fatty acid quintiles and adjusted odds ratios in the study participants

From: Plasma fatty acids and the risk of metabolic syndrome in ethnic Chinese adults in Taiwan

	Q1	Q2			Q3			Q4			Q5			P, Trend
Saturated fat, % total fatty acids
Range	< 38.0	38.0-40.1			40.1-42.5			42.5-45.7			> = 45.7
Median	36.6	39.2			41.2			44.1			48.3
Control	195	196			196			197			195			< .0001
Cases	127	168			221			201			281
Odds ratio		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Model 1	1	1.31	0.97	1.78	1.75	1.30	2.34	1.57	1.16	2.11	2.22	1.66	2.97	< .0001
Model 2	1	1.05	0.67	1.64	1.48	0.97	2.28	1.20	0.78	1.84	1.94	1.27	2.96	0.002
Model 3	1	1.03	0.65	1.63	1.33	0.85	2.06	1.03	0.66	1.60	1.68	1.08	2.62	0.025
MUFA, % total fatty acids
Range	< 12.6	12.6-14.1			14.1-15.4			15.4-16.9			> = 16.9
Median	11.5	13.5			14.7			16.2			18.2
Control	195	196			197			196			195			< .0001
Cases	117	150			161			256			314
Model 1	1	1.27	0.93	1.74	1.38	1.01	1.89	2.22	1.65	2.99	2.76	2.06	3.70	< .0001
Model 2	1	1.26	0.80	1.99	1.01	0.64	1.59	1.89	1.22	2.91	2.12	1.37	3.26	< .0001
Model 3	1	1.14	0.71	1.83	0.94	0.59	1.51	1.78	1.14	2.80	1.89	1.18	3.01	0.001
Transfat, % total fatty acids
Range	< 5.2	5.2-5.9			5.9-6.7			6.7-7.7			> = 7.7
Median	4.6	5.5			6.3			7.2			8.7
Control	195	197			194			197			196			< .0001
Cases	147	147			178			222			303
Model 1	1	0.99	0.73	1.34	1.23	0.91	1.65	1.50	1.12	2.00	2.05	1.55	2.72	< .0001
Model 2	1	0.88	0.56	1.37	1.18	0.77	1.83	1.81	1.20	2.75	1.68	1.11	2.53	0.0003
Model 3	1	0.81	0.51	1.29	1.09	0.69	1.72	1.65	1.07	2.54	1.53	0.99	2.35	0.002
N-6 fatty acids, % total fatty acids
Range	< 28.7	28.7-31.1			31.1-33.3			33.3-35.8			> = 35.8
Median	26.4	29.9			32.2			34.4			37.4
Control	195	196			196			196			196			< .0001
Cases	363	225			181			159			70
Model 1	1	0.62	0.48	0.80	0.50	0.38	0.65	0.43	0.33	0.57	0.19	0.14	0.27	< .0001
Model 2	1	0.83	0.57	1.21	0.65	0.44	0.96	0.55	0.38	0.82	0.31	0.20	0.49	< .0001
Model 3	1	0.84	0.57	1.24	0.69	0.46	1.04	0.64	0.42	0.97	0.36	0.22	0.59	< .0001
EPA, % total fatty acids														< .0001
Range	< 0.28	0.28-0.38			0.38-0.52			0.52-0.76			> = 0.76
Median	0.22	0.33			0.44			0.62			0.94
Control	196	196			196			196			195
Cases	299	186			185			186			142
Model 1	1	0.62	0.47	0.81	0.60	0.46	0.79	0.60	0.45	0.78	0.46	0.34	0.61	< .0001
Model 2	1	0.61	0.41	0.92	0.51	0.34	0.76	0.67	0.45	0.99	0.51	0.33	0.77	0.013
Model 3	1	0.60	0.39	0.91	0.51	0.34	0.78	0.68	0.45	1.03	0.51	0.33	0.80	0.028
DHA, % total fatty acids
Range	< 1.97	1.97-2.45			2.45-2.89			2.89-3.56			> = 3.56
Median	1.6	2.2			2.7			3.2			4.0
Control	96	196			195			197			195
Cases	281	256			167			161			133
Model 1	1	0.89	0.69	1.16	0.58	0.44	0.77	0.55	0.42	0.73	0.45	0.34	0.60	< .0001
Model 2	1	0.97	0.66	1.43	0.68	0.45	1.02	0.54	0.36	0.82	0.58	0.38	0.89	0.001
Model 3	1	0.90	0.60	1.34	0.69	0.45	1.05	0.55	0.35	0.85	0.59	0.38	0.92	0.003

Model 1: adjusted for age and gender
Model 2: additional body mass index, smoking, drinking and exercise
Model 3: additional LDL cholesterol, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, uric acid, fasting glucose levels and total fat amount in plasma
Abbreviations see Table 1

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