## 3 Results
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\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Males**} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Crude**} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Adjusted for Age**} \\  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SSBs Quartiles**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SSBs Quartiles**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SSBs Quartiles**} \\  & **Q1** & **Q2** & **Q3** & **Q4** & **\(P\)-Trend** & **Q1** & **Q2** & **Q3** & **Q4** & **\(P\)-Trend** \\  & & **OR (CD)** & **OR (CD)** & **OR (CD)** & **OR (CD)** & **OR (CD)** & **OR (CD)** & **OR (CD)** & **OR (CD)** & **OR (CD)** \\ \hline High FRG & 1 & 1.29 & 0.87 & 2.32 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.049 \({}^{\star}\)} & \multirow{2}{*}{1} & 1.31 & 0.89 & 2.34 \\ (mm/L) & & (0.68–2.49) & (0.37–2.62) & (1.15–4.70) \({}^{\star}\) & & & (0.68–25) & (0.38–2.21) & (1.16–4.73) \({}^{\star}\) \\ Reduced & & & & & & & & \\ HDL-C & 1 & 0.98 & 1.54 & 1.40 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.261} & 1 & 1.04 & 1.62 & 1.49 \\ (mm/L) & & (0.48–2.03) & (0.64–3.67) & (0.66–2.98) & & & (0.50–20.06) & (0.67–3.90) & (0.69–3.20) \\ High TG & 1 & 0.93 & 0.29 & 0.17 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.041 \({}^{\star}\)} & 1.09 & 0.35 & 0.19 \\ (mmol/L) & & (0.31–2.79) & (0.35-2.42) & (0.02–1.40) & & & (0.35–34.24) & (0.04–3.04) & (0.02–1.65) \\ High WC (cm) & 1 & 0.75 & 1.02 & 0.57 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.957} & 1 & 1.15 & 0.70 & 1.21 \\ High WC (cm) & 1 & (0.39–1.45) & (0.45–2.23) & (0.29–1.11) & & & (0.52–25.45) & (0.23–2.16) & (0.52–28.23) & \\ High SBr & 1 & 0.97 & 0.67 & 0.99 & \multirow{2}{*}{1} & 0.94 & 0.67 & 0.96 & 0.11 \\ (mm/Hg) & & (0.49–1.92) & (0.27–1.70) & (0.47–2.08) & & & (0.47–1.88) & (0.26–1.71) & (0.46–2.02) \\ High BLP & 1 & 0.55 & 0.53 & 0.97 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.564} & 1 & 0.57 & 0.58 & 1.04 \\ (mm/Hg) & & (0.12–2.55) & (0.09–3.03) & (0.25–3.78) & & & (0.12–2.70) & (0.01–3.33) & (0.26–4.12) \\ High FRG & & 1.07 & 1.36 & 0.77 & \multirow{2}{*}{**Females**} & \multirow{2}{*}{1.07} & 1.36 & 0.77 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.484} \\ (mm/L) & 1 & (0.55–2.06) & (0.61–3.06) & (0.40–1.50) & & & (0.55–2.06) & (0.61–3.04) & (0.40–1.50) \\ Reduced & & & 0.40 & 0.81 & 0.37 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.050 \({}^{\star}\)} & 1 & 0.40 & 0.81 & 0.37 \\ HDL-C & 1 & (0.18–0.85) \({}^{\star}\) & (0.30–2.20) & (0.13–0.80) \({}^{\star}\) & & & (0.18–0.85) \({}^{\star}\) & (0.30–2.19) & (0.17–0.80) \({}^{\star}\) \\ High TG & 1 & 0.93 & 0.22 & 0.12 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.066 \({}^{\star}\)} & 0.92 & 0.22 & 0.10 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.407} \\ (mm/L) & 1 & (0.33–2.66) & (0.03–1.82) & (0.01–0.87) \({}^{\star}\) & & & (0.32–2.61) & (0.03–1.82) & (0.01–0.83) \({}^{\star}\) \\ High WC (cm) & 1 & 1.07 & 0.62 & 1.15 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.151} & 1 & 0.86 & 1.01 & 0.60 \\ High WC (cm) & 1 & (0.50–2.29) & (0.21–1.84) & (0.51–2.59) & & & (0.38–1.50) & (0.44–2.31) & (0.31–1.19) & 0.001 \({}^{\star}\) \\ High SP & 1 & 1.15 & 0.75 & 0.94 & \multirow{2}{*}{0.819} & 1 & 1.15 & 0.75 & 0.94 \\ (mm/Hg) & 1 & (0.33–3.94) & (0.14–4.09) & (0.33–3.41) & & & (0.33–3.94) & (0.14–4.09) & (0.24–3.41) & 0.948 \\ High DBP & 0.70 & 1.25 & 1.32 & 0.782 & 1 & 0.70 & 1.24 & 1.33 & 0.995 \\ (mm/Hg) & 1 & (0.04–1.46) & (0.07–1.48) & (0.36–1.62) & & & (0.07–1.49) & (0.07–1.49) & (0.36–1.72) \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 3: The odds ratios and 95% confidence interval for MetS components with SSBs quartile among Ellisras young rural adults aged 22–30 years.