Association of plasma chromium with metabolic syndrome among Chinese adults: a case-control study

Nutrition Journal

Table 5 Odds ratios for MetS of plasma chromium concentrations by subgroup

Participant	%	Quartiles of plasma chromium concentrations				Per 1 μg/L Chromium	P for interaction
Participant	%	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Per 1 μg/L Chromium	P for interaction
subgroup
Age							0.056
< 50	40.1	1	0.89 (0.69–1.16)	1.05 (0.81–1.37)	0.72 (0.52–0.98)	0.97 (0.91–1.03)
≥ 50	59.9	1	0.76 (0.61–0.95)	0.66 (0.53–0.82)	0.60 (0.48–0.74)	0.92 (0.89–0.96)
Sex							0.161
Women	39.6	1	0.87 (0.67–1.14)	0.98 (0.75–1.28)	0.76 (0.58–0.99)	0.96 (0.92–1.01)
Men	60.4	1	0.73 (0.58–0.91)	0.69 (0.55–0.86)	0.56 (0.44–0.70)	0.91 (0.88–0.95)
BMI							0.537
< 24	49.3	1	0.73 (0.56–0.95)	0.79 (0.60–1.03)	0.61 (0.46–0.80)	0.93 (0.89–0.98)
≥ 24	50.7	1	0.93 (0.71–1.22)	0.78 (0.60–1.00)	0.68 (0.52–0.89)	0.94 (0.90–0.98)
Physical activity							0.271
No	59.8	1	0.74 (0.60–0.93)	0.82 (0.66–1.03)	0.64 (0.51–0.81)	0.93 (0.89–0.97)
Yes	40.2	1	0.89 (0.67–1.17)	0.76 (0.58–0.99)	0.62 (0.47–0.81)	0.94 (0.89–0.98)
Smoking							0.229
No	69.2	1	0.85 (0.69–1.04)	0.86 (0.70–1.05)	0.70 (0.57–0.87)	0.94 (0.91–0.98)
Yes	30.8	1	0.67 (0.49–0.92)	0.67 (0.49–0.91)	0.49 (0.35–0.67)	0.91 (0.86–0.97)
Drinking alcohol							0.314
No	71.2	1	0.85 (0.70–1.04)	0.86 (0.70–1.05)	0.62 (0.50–0.76)	0.93 (0.90–0.96)
Yes	28.8	1	0.65 (0.48–0.90)	0.67 (0.49–0.91)	0.67 (0.48–0.93)	0.94 (0.88–1.00)

Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, education, current smoking status, current alcohol drinking status, physical activity and family history of diabetes
Abbreviations: MetS Metabolic syndrome, SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index

ISSN: 1475-2891