Figure 1

Mean levels of lipid ratios across number of metabolic syndrome components in men and women (1A, 1B, 1C and 1D). All means adjusted for age and ethnicity and presented as mean (95% CI). *geometric means. Bonferroni-corrected pairwise comparisons (0 vs. 1; 0 vs. 2; 0 vs. 3; 0 vs. ≥4; 1 vs. 2; 1 vs. 3; 1 vs. ≥4; 2 vs. 3; 2 vs. ≥4; and 3 vs. ≥4 ): Men: Except for the pair 3 vs. ≥4 for LDL-C/HDL-C, all other pairwise comparisons of means of TC/HDL-C, TG/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C and nonHDL-C/HDL-C across the number of metabolic syndrome components were significant at p < 0.05. Women: Except for the pair 3 vs. ≥4, all other pairwise comparisons of means of TC/HDL-C, TG/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C and nonHDL-C/HDL-C across the number of metabolic syndrome components were significant at p < 0.05. TG/HDL-C: triglyceride-to-high-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol, TC/HDL-C: total cholesterol-to-high-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-C/HDL-C: low-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol-to-high-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol, nonHDL-C/HDL-C: non-high-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol-to-high-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol.