Table 2 Cross-sectional results for the association between EAA and the MetS severity score at examination years 15 and 20

 Crude model

0.31 [0.08, 0.53]

0.008

0.16 [− 0.11, 0.43]

0.236

 Adjusted model^a

0.29 [0.05, 0.53]

0.016

0.17 [− 0.10, 0.44]

0.209

 Crude model

0.32 [0.11, 0.53]

0.003

0.24 [0.00, 0.47]

0.047

 Adjusted model^a

0.27 [0.05, 0.49]

0.016

0.25 [0.01, 0.49]

0.040

 Crude model

0.31 [0.14, 0.48]

< 0.001

0.21 [0.01, 0.41]

0.036

 Adjusted model^a

0.29 [0.11, 0.47]

0.002

0.21 [0.02, 0.41]

0.034