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

Table 4 Performance measures of the models including various fatty acid levels

	NRI, %	95% CI		P	IDI, %	95% CI		P
Quintile variables
Saturated fat, % fat	2.1	0.0	4.2	0.05	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.036
MUFA, % fat	2.2	-0.4	4.8	0.09	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0001
Transfat, % fat	1.7	-0.8	4.2	0.17	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.001
N-6 fatty acids, % fat	1.5	-0.9	3.9	0.22	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0001
EPA, % fat	1.4	-0.9	3.7	0.24	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.002
DHA, % fat	0.2	-1.5	1.9	0.81	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.046
Continuous variables
Saturated fat, % fat	0.7	-1.0	2.4	0.42	0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.09
MUFA, % fat	1.4	-0.5	3.3	0.15	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.002
Transfat, % fat	0.3	-1.3	1.9	0.71	0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.08
N-6 fatty acids, % fat	1.6	-0.7	3.9	0.17	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.001
EPA, % fat	1.7	-0.2	3.6	0.08	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.022
DHA, % fat	1.3	-0.6	3.2	0.18	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.031

NRI cutoff points: 0.1, 0.5, and 0.9;
Abbreviations: MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid; NRI: net reclassification improvement; IDI: integrated discrimination improvement; CI, confidence interval ;

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