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

Table 6 Odds ratios for hypertension 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	2.24 (1.97–2.56)*	2.23 (1.97–2.52)*
Adjusted	2.28 (2.00–2.60)*	2.26 (1.99–2.56)*
Women
Crude	4.72 (3.25–6.84)*	4.23 (3.09–5.79)*
Adjusted	4.75 (3.27–6.90)*	4.29 (3.12–5.88)*

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 (Adjusted)

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