Comparison of discrimination for cardio-metabolic risk by different cut-off values of the ratio of triglycerides to HDL cholesterol

Table 4 Odds ratios for multiple risk factors (visceral obesity, hypertension and diabetes) in subjects with vs. subjects without a high TG/HDL-C ratio defined by conventional cut-off values and new cut-off values in men and women

	Conventional cut-off value Men, 3.75; women 3.00	New cut-off value Men, 2.967; women, 2.237
Men
Crude	5.45 (4.31–6.89)*	6.23 (4.81–8.06)*
Adjusted	5.03 (3.96–6.39)*	5.75 (4.43–7.46)*
Women
Crude	16.64 (9.56–28.95)*	18.92 (10.44–34.28)*
Adjusted	16.11 (9.20–28.20)*	18.76 (10.32–34.13)*

Odds ratios with their 95% confidence intervals in parentheses are shown. Asterisks denote significant differences (p < 0.01) from the reference level (1.00). In multivariate analyses, age and histories of smoking, alcohol drinking and regular exercise were used as other explanatory variables

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