Fig. 1From: Cellular immune activity biomarker neopterin is associated hyperlipidemia: results from a large population-based studyAdjusted means1 and 95 % confidence intervals of total neopterin by increasing number of metabolic syndrome components2. 1. The means were calculated by exponentiating the natural-log transformed means, which were estimated from multiple linear regression and adjusted for age at blood collection (years), sex, education (none or primary school completed, technical or professional school, secondary school, above secondary school, and not specified), smoking status (never, former, current, and unknown), and physical activity (low, medium, high, very high, missing). 2. The markers were considered abnormal when waist circumference ≥94 cm in men and ≥88 in women; triglycerides ≥1.7 mmol/L; high-density lipoprotein cholesterol <1.03 in men, <1.29 mmol/L in women; systolic blood pressure ≥130 or diastolic ≥85 mmHg; and HbA1c ≥5.7 % or self-reported ever physician diagnosed diabetesBack to article page