Serum ferritin, an early marker of cardiovascular risk: a study in Chinese men of first-degree relatives with family history of type 2 diabetes

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis for cardiovascular risk factors

Model	Single factor					Multiple
Model		Wald	P	OR	95%CI	Wald	P	OR	95%CI
Cardiovascular risk factors for gathering≥2 terms	Group A			1.000				1.000
	Group B	3.955	0.046	3.500	1.025–11.956	2.699	0.100	2.914	0.813–10.438
	Group C	0.021	0.886	0.938	0.388–2.267	0.198	0.657	0.807	0.314–2.076
	GroupD	9.706	0.002	6.750	2.030–22.440	10.072	0.002	7.546	2.166–26.291
	Age					7.416	0.006	1.053	1.015–1.094
Cardiovascular risk factors for gathering≥3 terms	Group A			1.000				1.000
	Group B	1.043	0.307	1.625	0.640–4.125	0.262	0.609	1.292	0.485–3.438
	Group C	0.572	0.450	0.711	0.294–1.722	1.083	0.298	0.610	0.241–1.546
	GroupD	7.169	0.007	3.087	1.353–7.047	7.468	0.006	3.343	1.407–7.944
	Age					11.382	0.001	1.056	1.023–1.090

Group A: low SF adults without family history; group B: high SF adults without family history; group C:low SF adults with family history; group D:high SF adults with family history. Multiple logistic regression analysis:adjusted for age

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