Table 3.

Pooled estimates of relative risk of associated factors with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in South Asia.

Variable (Condition)	Number of studies considered	No. of individuals with NAFLD + condition/Total individuals with condition	No. of individuals with NAFLD but without condition/Total individuals without condition	RR	95% CI	P value
Diabetes mellitus	11	509/938	1420/5826	2.03	1.56–2.63	<0.0001
Dysglycemia	14	1061/2478	2078/9594	1.61	0.99–2.61	0.0532
Hypertension	11	633/1369	1300/4807	1.37	1.03–1.84	0.0316
Dyslipidemia	11	1136/3125	889/3311	1.68	1.51–1.88	<0.0001
General obesity	14	1868/3610	1634/9367	2.56	1.86–3.51	<0.0001
Central obesity	7	804/1848	434/3833	2.51	1.69–3.72	0.0001
Metabolic syndrome	6	572/1226	330/2316	2.86	1.79–4.57	<0.0001
Male gender	18	899/7066	2020/7555a	1.09	0.89–1.21	0.618

RR—relative risk.

^aFemale gender.