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. 2024 Apr 18;19(4):e0295986. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295986

Table 3. Association between dietary intake of vitamin C and NAFLD or AHF.

Models NAFLD AHF
OR (95%CI) P-value OR (95%CI) P-value
Crude model
Dietary intake of vitamin C
Low Ref. Ref.
Middle 0.79 (0.72, 0.87) <0.0001 1.03 (0.84, 1.25) 0.7935
High 0.70 (0.63, 0.77) <0.0001 0.86 (0.71, 1.06) 0.1546
Adjusted model 1
Dietary intake of vitamin C
Low Ref. Ref.
Middle 0.80 (0.73, 0.89) <0.0001 0.84 (0.67, 1.05) 0.1183
High 0.70 (0.63, 0.77) <0.0001 0.72 (0.57, 0.91) 0.005
Adjusted model 2
Dietary intake of vitamin C
Low Ref. Ref.
Middle 0.83 (0.75, 0.92) 0.0003 0.83 (0.67, 1.04) 0.1015
High 0.75 (0.67, 0.83) <0.0001 0.72 (0.57, 0.91) 0.0052
Adjusted model 3
Dietary intake of vitamin C
Low Ref. Ref.
Middle 0.81 (0.73, 0.90) <0.0001 0.83 (0.66, 1.03) 0.0966
High 0.71 (0.64, 0.80) <0.0001 0.70 (0.55, 0.89) 0.0032
Adjusted model 4
Dietary intake of vitamin C
Low Ref. Ref.
Middle 0.81 (0.73, 0.90) 0.0002 0.79 (0.62, 1.00) 0.05
High 0.74 (0.66, 0.83) <0.0001 0.69 (0.54, 0.89) 0.0042
Adjusted model 5
Dietary intake of vitamin C
Low Ref. Ref.
Middle 0.82 (0.73, 0.93) 0.002 0.80 (0.62, 1.02) 0.0668
High 0.78 (0.69, 0.89) 0.0002 0.72 (0.56, 0.93) 0.0122

Crude model was not adjusted

Adjusted model 1 adjusted for age, race, education level, ratio of family income to poverty

Adjusted model 2 adjusted for model 1 + smoking status, work activities status, recreational activities status

Adjusted model 3 adjusted for model 2 + dietary energy intake, dietary protein intake, Dietary alcohol intake

Adjusted model 4 adjusted for model 3 + hypertension status, diabetes status

Adjusted model 5 adjusted for model 4 + uric acid, fasting glucose, glycohemoglobin, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, creatinine