TABLE 3.
Association between diet quality scores and binary hepatic fibrosis stages
| Model | DASH |
AHEI |
MDS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHS |
NHANES |
FHS |
NHANES |
FHS |
NHANES |
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| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
| Hepatic fibrosis (LSM ≥ 8.2 kPa) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 0.84 (0.73, 0.98) | 0.03 | 0.73 (0.62, 0.86) | 0.01 | 0.85 (0.73, 0.98) | 0.03 | 0.78 (0.63, 0.98) | 0.07 | 0.87 (0.75, 1.01) | 0.06 | 0.76 (0.6, 0.95) | 0.05 |
| 2 | 0.84 (0.72, 0.98) | 0.02 | 0.73 (0.62, 0.86) | 0.04 | 0.84 (0.73, 0.98) | 0.03 | 0.78 (0.62, 0.97) | 0.12 | 0.86 (0.74, 1.01) | 0.06 | 0.75 (0.6, 0.95) | 0.09 |
| Model 2 + CAP | 0.96 (0.81, 1.12) | 0.59 | 0.79 (0.66, 0.96) | 0.14 | 0.96 (0.82, 1.13) | 0.63 | 0.85 (0.68, 1.08) | 0.31 | 0.98 (0.83, 1.15) | 0.78 | 0.86 (0.65, 1.12) | 0.37 |
| Model 2 + BMI | 0.97 (0.82, 1.14) | 0.70 | 0.91 (0.77, 1.08) | 0.39 | 0.96 (0.82, 1.13) | 0.63 | 0.96 (0.78, 1.18) | 0.71 | 0.99 (0.84, 1.16) | 0.89 | 0.94 (0.72, 1.21) | 0.67 |
| Advanced hepatic fibrosis (LSM ≥ 9.7 kPa) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 0.77 (0.63, 0.94) | 0.01 | 0.77 (0.63, 0.93) | 0.03 | 0.81 (0.67, 0.98) | 0.03 | 0.83 (0.64, 1.08) | 0.20 | 0.78 (0.64, 0.95) | 0.015 | 0.7 (0.6, 0.81) | 0.002 |
| 2 | 0.77 (0.63, 0.94) | 0.01 | 0.77 (0.63, 0.94) | 0.08 | 0.81 (0.66, 0.98) | 0.03 | 0.83 (0.63, 1.08) | 0.26 | 0.78 (0.64, 0.95) | 0.016 | 0.69 (0.58, 0.82) | 0.02 |
| Model 2 + CAP | 0.9 (0.73, 1.12) | 0.35 | 0.85 (0.68, 1.04) | 0.26 | 0.95 (0.77, 1.17) | 0.61 | 0.91 (0.7, 1.2) | 0.58 | 0.9 (0.73, 1.12) | 0.34 | 0.79 (0.66, 0.94) | 0.12 |
| Model 2 + BMI | 0.91 (0.73, 1.12) | 0.36 | 1 (0.82, 1.23) | 0.98 | 0.94 (0.76, 1.15) | 0.54 | 1.06 (0.84, 1.35) | 0.67 | 0.91 (0.73, 1.12) | 0.37 | 0.87 (0.73, 1.04) | 0.27 |
| Cirrhosis (LSM ≥ 13.6 kPa) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 0.78 (0.57, 1.08) | 0.13 | 0.86 (0.58, 1.27) | 0.47 | 0.79 (0.58, 1.07) | 0.13 | 0.88 (0.54, 1.45) | 0.64 | 0.67 (0.49, 0.92) | 0.01 | 0.8 (0.65, 0.98) | 0.07 |
| 2 | 0.78 (0.57, 1.08) | 0.14 | 0.89 (0.61, 1.31) | 0.60 | 0.8 (0.58, 1.09) | 0.15 | 0.93 (0.56, 1.55) | 0.81 | 0.67 (0.49, 0.92) | 0.01 | 0.83 (0.66, 1.03) | 0.19 |
| Model 2 + CAP | 0.91 (0.65, 1.27) | 0.57 | 0.97 (0.66, 1.43) | 0.89 | 0.91 (0.66, 1.26) | 0.57 | 1 (0.6, 1.66) | 1.0 | 0.75 (0.54, 1.04) | 0.09 | 0.92 (0.74, 1.14) | 0.53 |
| Model 2 + BMI | 0.96 (0.68, 1.35) | 0.82 | 1.22 (0.89, 1.66) | 0.34 | 0.94 (0.68, 1.3) | 0.71 | 1.23 (0.84, 1.78) | 0.40 | 0.79 (0.56, 1.11) | 0.17 | 1.08 (0.84, 1.39) | 0.60 |
Model 1 covariates include sex, age, race (NHANES), and energy intake.
Model 2 adjusted for model 1 covariates and smoking, alcohol, and physical activity.