Table 6

Relative odds of incident ischaemic heart disease for three definitions of the metabolic syndrome in non-diabetic men from the combined cohort (n = 4197)   

Definition of metabolic syndrome (number of men affected)
Tertiles
(n = 154)		Medians
(n = 463)		Clusters  (n = 1876)
Metabolic syndrome only2.40 (1.63, 3.53)1.81 (1.40, 2.34)1.90 (1.57, 2.30)
Metabolic syndrome adjusted for age only2.42 (1.64, 3.57)1.81 (1.40, 2.34)1.92 (1.58, 2.33)
Metabolic syndrome adjusted for standard risk factors6-150 1.87 (1.24, 2.81)1.46 (1.12, 1.92)1.58 (1.29, 1.94)
Metabolic syndrome adjusted for standard and metabolic syndrome risk factors6-151 1.13 (0.72, 1.78)0.94, (0.68, 1.30)1.07 (0.78, 1.46)

  • ↵6-150 Standard risk factors: age, pre-existing IHD, smoking, total and HDL cholesterol.

  • ↵6-151 Metabolic syndrome risk factors: triglyceride, glucose, diastolic blood pressure, body mass index.