Table 5 Association between total phytosterols intake and prevalence of abdominal obesity

Overall

 Participants, n

228

228

228

228

 No. of cases, n

77

62

59

54

 Intake, mg/d

161.9

231.3

294

383

 Crude

1

0.732 (0.491, 1.093)

0.685 (0.457, 1.025)

0.609 (0.404, 0.918)^*

 Model 1

1

0.806 (0.513, 1.266)

0.566 (0.360, 0.891)^*

0.490 (0.305, 0.785)^**

 Model 2

1

0.512 (0.302, 0.868)^*

0.423 (0.259, 0.691)^**

0.239 (0.127, 0.450)^**

Men

 Participants, n

102

102

102

103

 No. of cases, n

51

43

36

36

 Intake, mg/d

157.3

233

381.4

301

 Crude

1

0.741 (0.426, 1.289)

0.529 (0.302, 0.927)^*

0.545 (0.311, 0.957)^*

 Model 1

1

0.657 (0.355, 1.215)

0.520 (0.303, 0.955)^*

0.510 (0.293, 0.951)^*

 Model 2

1

0.462 (0.233, 0.918)^*

0.407 (0.191, 0.864)^*

0.344 (0.144, 0.819)^*

Women

 Participants, n

125

126

126

126

 No. of cases, n

25

23

20

18

 Intake, mg/d

165.6

229.3

287.6

384.2

 Crude

1

0.893 (0.476, 1.676)

0.755 (0.395, 1.443)

0.667 (0.343, 1.295)

 Model 1

1

0.738 (0.354, 1.539)

0.672 (0.305, 1.480)

0.341 (0.151, 0.770)^*

 Model 2

1

0.525 (0.216, 1.276)

0.497 (0.221, 1.118)

0.321 (0.140, 0.571)^**