The association between Type D personality and the metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study in a University-based outpatient lipid clinic

Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios for fulfilling criteria for metabolic syndrome in 359 attenders of an outpatient lipid clinic*.

	Model 1		Model 2
	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p
Type D personality	3.47 (1.90-6.33)	<0.001	NA	NA
Negative affectivity sub-component of type D personality	NA	NA	2.75 (1.56-4.83)	<0.001
Social inhibition sub-component of type D personality	NA	NA	2.03 (1.20-3.45)	0.009
Depressive symptoms above the cut-off	2.59 (1.36-4.94)	0.004	2.14 (1.10-4.13)	0.02
Anxiety symptoms above the cut-off	0.98 (0.51-1.89)	0.95	0.89 (0.46-1.72)	0.72
Smoking status	1.35 (0.72-2.52)	0.34	1.42 (0.75-2.67)	0.28
Age	1.04 (1.01-1.07)	0.02	1.04 (1.01-1.07)	0.02

*Variables included in models: Age, gender, marital status, educational status, employment status, household income, smoking status, anxiety symptoms above cut-off, depressive symptoms above cut-off and type D personality (model 1) or sub-components of type D personality [negative affectivity and social inhibition] (model 2).
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable.

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