Table 1.
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the MAFLD and non-MAFLD groups
| MAFLD | Non-MAFLD | P value | |
| N (%) | 8099 (38.71%) | 12 823 (61.29%) | <0.0001 |
| Male (%) | 6152 (75.96%) | 6191 (48.29%) | <0.0001 |
| Age (years) | 46.91±12.57 | 42.16±12.65 | <0.0001 |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 131.97±17.47 | 120.11±16.60 | <0.0001 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 81.53±11.90 | 73.51±10.97 | <0.0001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.14±2.90 | 22.69±2.65 | <0.0001 |
| BMI<23 (%) | 258 (3.50%) | 7119 (96.50%) | <0.0001 |
| 23≤BMI<25 (%) | 1598 (33.30%) | 3201 (66.70%) | <0.0001 |
| BMI≥25 (%) | 6244 (71.40%) | 2502 (28.60%) | <0.0001 |
| WC (cm) | 90.44±8.46 | 77.16±9.06 | <0.0001 |
| WCmale | 92.38±7.73 | 82.84±7.46 | <0.0001 |
| WCfemale | 84.06±7.62 | 71.85±6.98 | <0.0001 |
| TyG | 7.44±0.61 | 6.77±0.53 | <0.0001 |
| TyG-BMI | 202.04±28.85 | 154.16±24.91 | <0.0001 |
| TyG-WC | 673.57±90.67 | 524.59±87.49 | <0.0001 |
| TyG-WCmale | 692.52±86.67 | 577.04±77.69 | <0.0001 |
| TyG-WCfemale | 612.49±76.61 | 475.47±64.79 | <0.0001 |
| ALT (U/L) | 26 (18,38) | 15 (11,21) | <0.0001 |
| AST (U/L) | 22 (18,27) | 18 (16,22) | <0.0001 |
| GGT (U/L) | 32 (22,49) | 17 (13,25) | <0.0001 |
| BUN (mmol/l) | 5.15±1.24 | 4.84±1.26 | <0.0001 |
| Cr (µmol/l) | 66.43±13.07 | 66.49±13.07 | 0.731 |
| UA (µmol/l) | 354.36±84.81 | 290.96±76.54 | <0.0001 |
| FPG (mmol/l) | 5.29 (4.93,5.78) | 4.98 (4.71,5.29) | <0.0001 |
| TG (mmol/l) | 4.78±0.96 | 4.45±0.87 | <0.0001 |
| TC (mmol/l) | 1.83 (1.31,2.63) | 1.03 (0.76,1.43) | <0.0001 |
| HDL-C (mmol/l) | 1.19±0.26 | 1.38±0.30 | <0.0001 |
| LDL-C (mmol/l) | 3.13±0.73 | 2.84±0.69 | <0.0001 |
Data are expressed as mean±SD or medians (IQRs) for skewed variables or numbers (proportions) for categorical variables.
ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate transaminase; BMI, body mass index; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cr, creatinine; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; GGT, γ‐glutamyltransferase; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MAFLD, metabolic-associated fatty liver disease; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; TyG, triglyceride glucose; UA, uric acid; WC, waist circumference.