Associations of 1) metabolic syndrome score and 2) reported body weight change to modified Mediterranean Diet Score (mMDS) in 780 male subjects by estimates from ordered logistic regression models.

1Determined adding one point for each of the following: obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m2); reduced HDL-cholesterol (2mMDS quartiles definitions: I quartile: total mMDS score ≤17.5, II quartile: total mMDS score between 17.6–21.4, III quartile: total mMDS between 21.5–25.0, IV quartile: total mMDS ≥25.0.NB Brant test was used to explore violations of the proportional odds assumption.Abbreviations: 95%CI, 95% confidence intervals; OR, odds ratio.