Table 2.
Nutritional status of the study participants according to Fatty Liver Index (FLI) category
| Variables | FLI < 60 (n = 4,658) |
FLI ≥ 60 (n = 2,456) |
P-value * |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | |||
| Energy intake (kcal/d) | 2740.29 ± 970.20 | 2840.33 ± 969.47 | < 0.001 |
| Carbohydrate (%E) | 61.32 ± 6.22 | 61.27 ± 5.96 | 0.735 |
| Protein (%E) | 13.63 ± 2.16 | 13.87 ± 2.10 | < 0.001 |
| Fat/oil (%E) | 26.94 ± 6.00 | 26.80 ± 5.66 | 0.350 |
| Healthy Eating Index score | |||
| Quartile 1 | 1506(32.44) | 659(26.88) | < 0.001 |
| Quartile 2 | 1182(25.46) | 643(26.22) | |
| Quartile 3 | 1072(23.09) | 601(24.51) | |
| Quartile 4 | 883 (19.02) | 549(22.39) | |
| Fat/ Oil | |||
| Saturated fatty acids, g/da | 31.05 ± 15.30 | 31.76 ± 14.91 | 0.060 |
| Trans fatty acids, g/da | 0.322 ± 0.40 | 0.318 ± 0.37 | 0.628 |
| n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, mg/day | 0.047 ± 0.03 | 0.050 ± 0.03 | 0.0002 |
| n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, mg/day | 4.73 ± 3.48 | 5.12 ± 3.67 | < 0.001 |
*P- value was obtained t-test