Table 3 Differential association of metabolic syndrome components with smoking status by gender and race

Elevated TG*

Males

reference

1.0 (0.8-1.3)

1.4 (1.1-1.8)

0.055

reference

1.0 (0.8-1.2)

1.5 (1.1-2.0)

0.006

Females

reference

1.0 (0.8-1.2)

1.3 (0.9-1.7)

0.3

reference

1.0 (0.8-1.2)

1.4 (0.99-1.8)

0.06

Interaction of gender with smoking status

0.02

0.04

High WC*

Males

reference

1.2 (1.0-1.5)

1.1 (0.9-1.4)

0.1

reference

1.3 (1.0-1.7)

2.2 (1.5-3.3)

<0.001

Females

reference

1.0 (0.9-1.3)

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

0.08

reference

1.0 (0.8-1.3)

1.2 (0.8-1.8)

0.7

Interaction of gender with smoking status

<0.001

<0.001

Low HDL-C**

Non-Hispanic Whites

reference

0.8 (0.7-1.0)

1.3 (1.0-1.7)

0.02

reference

0.9 (0.7-1.0)

1.5 (1.1-2.0)

0.001

African Americans

reference

1.5 (1.1-1.9)

1.6 (1.1-2.2)

0.007

reference

1.4 (1.1-1.9)

1.8 (1.3-2.6)

0.001

Hispanics

reference

1.1 (0.8-1.5)

1.5 (1.0-2.2)

0.01

reference

1.1 (0.8-1.4)

1.6 (1.1-2.3)

0.07 

Chinese Americans

reference

0.7 (0.4-1.2)

1.2 (0.6-2.5)

0.3

reference

0.7 (0.4-1.1)

1.1 (0.5-2.3)

0.3

Interaction of ethnicity with smoking status

0.056

0.026