Association between egg consumption and the prevalence of MS (n=11 529)
| Tertiles of egg consumption (egg/week) | P value for trend | |||
| T1 (≤3) | T2 (4–7) | T3 (>7) | ||
| Total | ||||
| Model 1 (95% CI) | 1.00 (reference) | 0.93 (0.82 to 1.06) | 0.84 (0.76 to 0.93) | 0.001 |
| Model 2 (95% CI) | 1.00 (reference) | 0.95 (0.83 to 1.08) | 0.82 (0.74 to 0.91) | <0.001 |
| Model 3 (95% CI) | 1.00 (reference) | 0.94 (0.83 to 1.08) | 0.82 (0.74 to 0.91) | <0.001 |
| Male | ||||
| Model 1 (95% CI) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.05 (0.88 to 1.24) | 0.88 (0.77 to 1.00) | 0.089 |
| Model 2 (95% CI) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.04 (0.88 to 1.24) | 0.87 (0.76 to 1.00) | 0.082 |
| Model 3 (95% CI) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.04 (0.88 to 1.24) | 0.86 (0.75 to 0.99) | 0.077 |
| Female | ||||
| Model 1 (95% CI) | 1.00 (reference) | 0.81 (0.66 to 0.98) | 0.82 (0.70 to 0.95) | 0.003 |
| Model 2 (95% CI) | 1.00 (reference) | 0.85 (0.69 to 1.04) | 0.77 (0.66 to 0.90) | 0.001 |
| Model 3 (95% CI) | 1.00 (reference) | 0.86 (0.70 to 1.06) | 0.78 (0.66 to 0.92) | 0.002 |
Data are presented as ORs (95% CI), unless otherwise indicated.
Model 1: adjusted for dietary energy intake (tertiles).
Model 2: further adjusted for age (continuous), BMI (<30 kg/m2 and ≥30 kg/m2), sex (male and female) on the basis of model 1 (age, BMI and dietary energy intake for the sex subgroup).
Model 3: further adjusted for education level (with or above high school background or not), activity level (continuous), smoking status (yes or no), alcohol use status (yes or no), dietary fat intake (tertiles), dietary fibre intake (tertiles) and nutritional supplementation (yes or no) on the basis of model 2.
BMI, body mass index; MS, metabolic syndrome.