Table 3 Multivariate hazard ratios of future metabolic syndrome, hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus by AIP according to age.

From: Atherogenic index of plasma as predictors for metabolic syndrome, hypertension and diabetes mellitus in Taiwan citizens: a 9-year longitudinal study

Variables

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Exp(β) (95% CI)

p value

Exp(β) (95% CI)

p value

Exp(β) (95% CI)

p value

MetS

Age = 1–39 (n = 2207)

58.225 (39.459, 85.915)

 < 0.001**

47.683 (29.432, 77.253)

 < 0.001**

46.010 (27.430, 77.173)

 < 0.001**

Age = 40–64 (n = 1998)

15.301 (12.267, 19.084)

 < 0.001**

12.698 (9.930, 16.238)

 < 0.001**

8.886 (6.780, 11.647)

 < 0.001**

Age > 65 (n = 189)

11.700 (4.639, 29.510)

 < 0.001**

12.199 (4.712, 31.584)

 < 0.001**

14.461 (4.521, 46.255)

 < 0.001**

HTN

Age = 1–39 (n = 2207)

9.184 (5.974, 14.121)

 < 0.001**

3.311 (1.972, 5.558)

 < 0.001**

2.529 (1.460, 4.379)

0.001**

Age = 40–64 (n = 1998)

2.887 (2.182, 3.821)

 < 0.001**

1.904 (1.388, 2.610)

 < 0.001**

1.467 (1.088, 1.980)

0.012*

Age > 65 (n = 189)

0.798 (0.317, 2.011)

0.633

0.732 (0.287, 1.865)

0.513

0.935 (0.323, 2.704)

0.901

Type 2 DM

Age = 1–39 (n = 2079)

26.759 (8.678, 82.517)

 < 0.001**

19.839 (4.954, 79.440)

 < 0.001**

2.360 (0.398, 14.004)

0.345

Age = 40–64 (n = 2055)

7.410 (4.842, 11.339)

 < 0.001**

5.936 (3.794, 9.288)

 < 0.001**

2.464 (1.534, 3.957)

 < 0.001**

Age > 65 (n = 197)

5.006 (1.160, 21.598)

0.031*

5.540 (1.206, 25.461)

0.028*

6.005 (0.900, 40.060)

0.064

  1. Adjusted covariates:
  2. Model 1 = Unadjusted.
  3. Model 2 = Model 1 + age, sex and body mass index (BMI).
  4. Model 3 = Model 2 + CREA (creatinine), SBP (systolic blood pressure), FPG (fasting plasma glucose).
  5. AIP atherogenic index of plasma, MetS metabolic syndrome, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus.
  6. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.