Table 5 Combined associations of famine exposure and menarche age with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (N = 4770)
Famine exposure | Metabolic syndrome odds ratio (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model onea | Model twob | Model threec | ||||
Menarche age | Menarche age | Menarche age | ||||
Female |  ≤ 15 years |  ≥ 16 years |  ≤ 15 years |  ≥ 16 years |  ≤ 15 years |  ≥ 16 years |
No exposure | 1.00(reference) | 1.26(0.94,1.69) | 1.00(reference) | 1.19(0.89,1.61) | 1.00(reference) | 1.21(0.9,1.63) |
Fetal exposure | 1.45(1.08,1.95) | 1.75(1.27,2.39) | 1.47(1.09,1.97) | 1.69(1.23,2.33) | 1.48(1.10,1.99) | 1.69(1.23,2.33) |
Childhood exposure | 1.55(1.23,1.96) | 2.26(1.75,2.91) | 1.58(1.25,2.00) | 2.22(1.72,2.87) | 1.61(1.27,2.04) | 2.24(1.73,2.89) |
Adolescence/adult exposure | 2.19(1.73,2.78) | 2.97(2.24,3.94) | 2.35(1.84,3.01) | 3.18(2.37,4.25) | 2.45(1.91,3.14) | 3.27(2.44,4.38) |
P for trend | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |