Table 1.
Background characteristics of the study participants according to Fatty Liver Index (FLI) category
| Characteristics | All (n = 7,114) |
FLI < 60 (n = 4,658) |
FLI ≥ 60 (n = 2,456) |
P-value * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 45.78 ± 7.80 | 45.65 ± 7.97 | 46.04 ± 7.46 | 0.04 |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 3687(51.83) | 2416(51.87) | 1271(51.75) | 0.925 |
| Female | 3427(48.17) | 2242(48.13) | 1185(48.25) | |
| Residency, n (%) | ||||
| Urban | 4227(59.42) | 2645(56.78) | 1582(64.41) | < 0.001 |
| Rural | 2887(40.58) | 2013(43.22) | 874(35.59) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||
| Married | 6407(90.06) | 4110(88.24) | 2297(93.53) | < 0.001 |
| Single | 380(5.34) | 318(6.83) | 62(2.52) | |
| Divorced and other | 92(1.29) | 72(1.54) | 20(0.81) | |
| Socio-economic status, n (%) | ||||
| Weak | 2284(32.11) | 1602(34.39) | 682(27.78) | < 0.001 |
| Moderate | 2342(32.93) | 1526(32.76) | 816(33.24) | |
| Good | 2487(34.96) | 1530(32.85) | 957(38.98) | |
| Physical activity (Met h/day) | ||||
| Low | 2017(28.35) | 1178(25.29) | 839(34.16) | < 0.001 |
| Moderate | 3340(46.95) | 2167(46.52) | 1173(47.76) | |
| High | 1757(24.70) | 1313(28.19) | 444(18.08) | |
| Alcohol use, n (%) | 375 (5.27) | 231(4.96) | 144(5.86) | 0.105 |
| Body Mass Index, kg/m2 | 27.04 ± 4.56 | 24.91 ± 3.31 | 31.09 ± 3.82 | < 0.001 |
| Waist Hip Ratio | 0.93 ± 0.06 | 0.91 ± 0.05 | 0.98 ± 0.05 | < 0.001 |
| Waist Circumference, cm | 96.20 ± 10.39 | 91.44 ± 8.09 | 105.22 ± 8.03 | < 0.001 |
| Skeletal Muscle Mass, kg | 26.83 ± 5.80 | 25.75 ± 5.40 | 28.89 ± 5.97 | < 0.001 |
| Visceral Fat Area, cm2 | 115.67 ± 50.47 | 95.31 ± 39.91 | 154.29 ± 45.42 | < 0.001 |
| Fasting blood sugar, mg/dL | 89.90 ± 9.49 | 88.44 ± 8.76 | 92.67 ± 10.18 | < 0.001 |
| Triglycerides, mg/dL | 131.40 ± 75.84 | 105.55 ± 49.05 | 180.43 ± 91.80 | < 0.001 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 183.91 ± 36.86 | 177.73 ± 35.15 | 195.62 ± 37.19 | < 0.001 |
| Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, mg/dL | 111.20 ± 30.76 | 108.59 ± 29.79 | 116.14 ± 31.93 | < 0.001 |
| High density lipoprotein-cholesterol, mg/dL | 46.46 ± 11.26 | 48.06 ± 11.38 | 43.44 ± 10.38 | < 0.001 |
| Alanine aminotransferase, IU/L | 24.88 ± 15.07 | 21.94 ± 11.57 | 30.46 ± 18.89 | < 0.001 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase, IU/L | 21.50 ± 9.05 | 20.73 ± 8.14 | 22.94 ± 10.41 | < 0.001 |
| γ-Glutamyl transpeptidase, IU/L | 23.61 ± 18.78 | 18.90 ± 10.18 | 32.52 ± 26.52 | < 0.001 |
| Depression drug use, n% | 127(1.79) | 75(1.61) | 52(2.12) | 0.125 |
| Dyslipidemia, n% | 2899(40.75) | 1446(31.04) | 1453(59.16) | < 0.001 |
Data are shown mean ± SD for continuous variables and n (%) categorical variables. *P- value was obtained t-test and Chi square test