Association between metabolic syndrome components and the risk of malignant neoplasms of the brain: a nationwide cohort study.

Front Oncol · 2026 · PMC13322849 · PMID 42394693

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.303not close (p > 0.1)

Results In multivariate analysis adjusting for age, sex, lifestyle factors, and comorbidities, individual component counts modeled as discrete categorical comparisons against the zero-component reference did not reach statistical significance at any level (HR for 5 components: 1.070; 95% CI: 0.941–1.217; p = 0.303).

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marginally significantno p-value reported

Fasting blood glucose showed a weaker, non-significant adjusted HR of 1.050 (p = 0.537), despite being marginally significant in the univariate analysis, indicating its limited standalone contribution.

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