The association of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors was independent of body mass index in Iranian women

Table 3 Linear regression analysis assessing the association between levels of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors

	Unadjusted model		Model 1^a		Model 2^b
	β	P	β	P	β	P
Weight (kg)	0.513	< 0.001	0.480	< 0.001
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.555	< 0.001	0.512	< 0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	0.384	< 0.001	0.369	< 0.001
Waist/hip ratio	0.230	0.002	0.245	0.003
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.389	< 0.001	0.407	< 0.001	0.223	0.010
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.379	< 0.001	0.337	< 0.001	0.173	0.051
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)	0.313	< 0.001	0.300	0.001	0.322	0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	0.305	< 0.001	0.271	0.003	0.284	0.006
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.471	< 0.001	0.422	< 0.001	0.325	< 0.001
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.444	< 0.001	0.451	< 0.001	0.384	< 0.001
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	-0.369	< 0.001	-0.450	< 0.001	-0.408	< 0.001
Metabolic syndrome score	0.537	< 0.001	0.540	< 0.001	0.377	< 0.001

The associations were examined by linear regression. To compare the results of cardiometabolic risk factors with different measurement scales, the standardized coefficient (β) was reported
^aModel 1 was adjusted for age, marital status, and educational level
^bModel 2 was additionally adjusted for BMI

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