Multivariate analysis of factors associated with serum lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) concentrations: metabolic syndrome components.

Linear regression. LBP concentrations (dependent variable) was log10-transformed in order to normalize their distribution. Coefficients are adjusted for all listed variables, as well as for age and sex. Age was introduced in years; the remaining variables were introduced as “1 = present or yes” and “0 = absent or not”. Metabolic syndrome components were defined by the Adult Treatment Panel III criteria [27]: abdominal obesity (waist circumference >102 cm in males or >88 cm in females); hypertriglyceridemia (serum triglycerides ≥150 mg/dL); low levels of HDL-cholesterol (