Table 7

Relative odds of incident ischaemic heart disease for three definitions of the metabolic syndrome in non-diabetic men from the Caerphilly cohort (n = 1896)

Definition of metabolic syndrome (number of men affected)
Tertiles
(n = 50)		Medians  (n = 167)Clusters
(n = 860)
Metabolic syndrome only2.20 (1.11, 4.36)1.60 (1.04, 2.47)1.81 (1.36, 2.41)
Metabolic syndrome adjusted for age only2.19 (1.10, 4.37)1.62 (1.05, 2.50)1.85 (1.39, 2.46)
Metabolic syndrome adjusted for standard risk factors7-150 1.81 (0.88, 3.70)1.30 (0.83, 2.04)1.66 (1.22, 2.25)
Metabolic syndrome adjusted for standard and metabolic syndrome risk factors7-151 0.96 (0.43, 2.14)0.76 (0.45, 1.29)1.24 (0.78, 1.96)

  • ↵7-150 Standard risk factors: age, pre-existing IHD, smoking, total and HDL cholesterol.

  • ↵7-151 Metabolic syndrome risk factors: insulin, triglyceride, glucose, diastolic blood pressure, body mass index.