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. 2024 Mar 19;56(1):2329133. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2329133
Covariates Lean (n = 1,552)
  Non-Lean (n = 1,274)
Not SLD, n (%) SLD, n (%)   Not SLD, n (%) SLD, n (%)
(n = 1,282) (n = 270)   (n = 767) (n = 507)
Socio-demographics and economics  
Overall 1,282 (82.6) 270 (17.4)   767 (60.2) 507 (39.8)
Gender male 540 (85.4) 92 (14.6)   316 (67.0) 156 (33.1)
  female 742 (80.7) 178 (19.4)   451 (56.2) 351 (43.8)
Age groups 35-49yr 677 (82.5) 144 (17.5)   435 (62.2) 264 (37.8)
  50-59yr 334 (80.3) 82 (19.7)   185 (54.3) 156 (45.8)
  ≥60yr 271 (86.0) 44 (14.0)   147 (62.8) 87 (37.2)
Education illiterate 250 (83.1) 51 (16.9)   97 (53.6) 84 (46.4)
  primary school 584 (79.7) 149 (20.3)   361 (60.6) 235 (39.4)
  above secondary school 448 (86.5) 70 (13.5)   309 (62.2) 188 (37.8)
Profession housewife/elderly 111 (87.4) 16 (12.6)   68 (57.1) 51 (42.9)
  farmer/labour 1,037 (83.6) 204 (16.4)   601 (61.2) 381 (38.8)
  civil servants/traders 134 (72.8) 50 (27.2)   98 (56.7) 75 (43.4)
SES poor tertile 474 (87.3) 69 (12.7)   315 (62.3) 191 (37.8)
  middle tertile 399 (80.8) 95 (19.2)   274 (65.7) 143 (34.3)
  wealthy tertile 409 (79.4) 106 (20.6)   178 (50.7) 173 (49.3)
Province CPS 620 (75.1) 206 (24.9)   327 (57.5) 242 (42.5)
  SVK 662 (91.2) 64 (8.8)   440 (62.4) 265 (37.6)
Lifestyle    
Smoking non-smoker 815 (83.4) 162 (16.6)   525 (58.9) 366 (41.1)
  smoker, current & previous 467 (81.2) 108 (18.8)   242 (63.2) 141 (36.8)
Alcohol less 1,229 (82.6) 259 (17.4)   748 (60.4) 491 (39.6)
  daily 53 (82.8) 11 (17.2)   19 (54.3) 16 (45.7)
Healthy diet yes 1,208 (82.3) 260 (17.7)   732 (60.6) 476 (39.4)
  no 74 (88.1) 10 (11.9)   35 (53.0) 31 (47.0)
Health risks    
T2DM not T2DM 1,213 (84.2) 227 (15.8)   709 (64.0) 398 (36.0)
  T2DM 69 (61.6) 43 (38.4)   58 (34.7) 109 (65.3)
BP normal BP 1,073 (83.5) 212 (16.5)   580 (62.8) 343 (37.2)
  increased BP 209 (78.3) 58 (21.7)   187 (53.3) 164 (46.7)
Lipids normal 132 (86.3) 21 (13.7)   62 (72.9) 23 (27.1)
  dyslipidemia 1,150 (82.2) 249 (17.8)   705 (59.3) 484 (40.7)
OV infection OV neg 127 (69.4) 56 (30.6)   100 (56.5) 77 (43.5)
  OV pos 1,155 (84.4) 214 (15.6)   667 (60.8) 430 (39.2)
HBV infection HBV neg 1,243 (82.4) 266 (17.6)   736 (59.8) 495 (40.2)
  HBV pos 39 (90.7) 4 (9.3)   31 (72.1) 12 (27.9)

Notes. SLD: steatotic liver disease; n (%): the number of participants (percentage); yr: year; SES: social-economic status; CPS: Champasak; SVK: Savannakhet; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; BP: blood pressure; OV: Opisthorchis viverrini; neg: negative; pos: positive; HBV: hepatitis B virus.