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. 2024 Sep 18;22:398. doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03618-2

Table 3.

Association of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) patterns with study outcomes

MVPA patterns Events(ratea) Crude model Adjusted modelb
HR/OR(95% CI) P value HR/OR(95% CI) P value
Primary outcome: incident nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Inactive 322 (16.7) Ref Ref
Active weekend warrior 154 (6.3) 0.37 (0.31, 0.45)  < 0.001 0.55 (0.44, 0.67)  < 0.001
Active regular 86 (5.7) 0.34 (0.27, 0.43)  < 0.001 0.49 (0.38, 0.63)  < 0.001
Secondary outcomes
 Incident severe liver diseases
  Inactive 220 (11.4) Ref Ref
  Active weekend warrior 178 (7.3) 0.64 (0.52, 0.77)  < 0.001 0.75 (0.61, 0.93) 0.008
  Active regular 106 (7.0) 0.61 (0.49, 0.77)  < 0.001 0.76 (0.59, 0.97) 0.025
 Incident liver cirrhosis
  Inactive 186 (9.6) Ref Ref
  Active weekend warrior 159 (6.5) 0.67 (0.54, 0.83)  < 0.001 0.80 (0.64, 0.99) 0.045
  Active regular 91 (6.0) 0.62 (0.48, 0.80)  < 0.001 0.76 (0.58, 0.99) 0.041
 Liversteatosis
  Inactive 1352 (29.5) Ref Ref
  Active weekend warrior 1410 (20.1) 0.60 (0.55,0.65)  < 0.001 0.74 (0.67,0.81)  < 0.001
  Active regular 654 (17.0) 0.49 (0.44,0.54)  < 0.001 0.60 (0.53,0.67)  < 0.001
 Liver fibrosis
  Inactive 264 (7.4) Ref Ref
  Active weekend warrior 206 (3.6) 0.47 (0.39,0.57)  < 0.001 0.62 (0.51,0.76)  < 0.001
  Active regular 89 (2.8) 0.36 (0.28,0.46)  < 0.001 0.48 (0.37,0.62)  < 0.001

aIncidence rates were expressed as per 10,000 person-years for incident nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, incident severe liver diseases, and incident liver cirrhosis, while rates were expressed as percentage for liver fat and liver fibrosis

bAdjusted for age, sex, ethnicities, recruitment center, Townsend deprivation index, educational attainment, household income, employment, smoking status, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and the total time and season of accelerometer wear