Prospective study of total and various types of vegetables and the risk of metabolic syndrome among children and adolescents

Table 4 Multivariable odds ratio (95%CI) for metabolic syndrome based intake of total and various types of vegetable consumption (above/below the medians) among participants with 0, 1, or 2 components of metabolic syndrome at baseline: Tehran lipid and glucose study

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	< median	≥ median	< median	≥ median	< median	≥ median
Total vegetables, g/d
0 component	1	0.48 (0.12-1.94)	1	0.77 (0.14-4.05)	1	0.82 (0.15-4.29)
1 component	1	0.68 (0.27-1.71)	1	0.62 (0.21-1.83)	1	0.67 (0.23-1.99)
2 component	1	1.98 (0.61-6.42)	1	2.00 (0.49-8.18)	1	2.24 (0.53-9.39)
Allium vegetables
0 component	1	0.77 (0.21-2.85)	1	0.69 (0.17-2.76)	1	0.54 (0.12-2.42)
1 component	1	0.25 (0.08-0.73)	1	0.25 (0.08-0.76)	1	0.23 (0.07-0.71)
2 component	1	0.49 (0.16-1.52)	1	0.51 (0.15-1.78)	1	0.48 (0.13-1.69)
Green leafy vegetables
0 component	1	0.81 (0.22-2.98)	1	1.04 (0.25-4.26)	1	1.10 (0.25-4.72)
1 component	1	0.31 (0.11-0.84)	1	0.31 (0.09-0.97)	1	0.29 (0.09-0.95)
2 component	1	1.01 (0.33-3.08)	1	1.43 (0.39-5.18)	1	1.39 (0.38-5.06)
Fruity vegetables
0 component	1	1.13 (0.31-4.07)	1	1.15 (0.28-4.71)	1	0.88 (0.20-3.84)
1 component		0.66 (0.26-1.67)	1	0.60 (0.21-1.69)	1	0.64 (0.22-1.82)
2 component		1.51 (0.48-4.67)	1	2.02 (0.52-7.87)	1	2.11 (0.53-8.32)
Root vegetables
0 component	1	2.36 (0.59-9.43)	1	2.57 (0.58-11.3)	1	2.31 (0.49-10.7)
1 component	1	2.20 (0.84-5.76)	1	1.68 (0.61-4.75)	1	1.67 (0.58-4.73)
2 component	1	1.97 (0.63-6.14)	1	1.48 (0.43-5.08)	1	1.31 (0.36-4.69)
Stalk vegetables
0 component	1	1.28 (0.35-4.72)	1	1.33 (0.33-5.30)	1	1.08 (0.26-4.52)
1 component	1	0.72 (0.28-1.81)	1	0.73 (0.27-2.00)	1	0.74 (0.27-2.02)
2 component	1	1.18 (039-3.58)	1	1.09 (0.32-3.76)	1	1.13 (0.32-3.97)
Potatoes
0 component	1	1.36 (0.34-5.45)	1	1.97 (0.39-9.90)	1	2.12 (0.39-11.4)
1 component	1	0.56 (0.22-1.42)	1	0.45 (0.17-1.22)	1	0.45 (0.16-1.24)
2 component	1	1.91 (0.55-6.66)	1	1.35 (0.34-5.39)	1	1.55 (0.36-6.65)
Starchy vegetables
0 component	1	0.64 (0.17-2.36)	1	0.92 (0.21-3.90)	1	1.06 (0.24-4.60)
1 component	1	0.78 (0.31-1.96)	1	0.80 (0.29-2.18)	1	0.84 (0.30-2.32)
2 component	1	1.08 (0.35-3.30)	1	0.57 (0.15-2.11)	1	0.56 (0.15-2.14)
Cabbage
0 component	1	0.64 (0.13-3.12)	1	0.88 (0.16-4.92)	1	0.89 (0.15-5.08)
1 component	1	1.19 (0.46-3.07)	1	1.64 (0.59-4.59)	1	1.54 (0.55-4.32)
2 component	1	0.48 (0.12-1.91)	1	0.53 (0.18-2.43)	1	0.45 (0.09-2.22)

Median intake of: Model 1 was crude; Model 2 was adjusted for, age at baseline, gender, physical activity at baseline, family history of diabetes, total energy intake at baseline, and cholesterol intake at baseline; Model 3 was additionally adjusted for body mass index at baseline. CI: Confidence interval.