Table 2.

Association between the NHHR and risk of NAFLD among US adults in the NHANES 2017–2020.

	OR (95% Cl), p value
	Model 1a	Model 2b	Model 3c
Continuous models
NHHR	1.64(1.47,1.83) < 0.0001	1.29(1.11,1.50)0.0041	1.25(1.03,1.53)0.0372
Categorical model
Quartile 1	Reference	Reference	Reference
Quartile 2	1.84(1.44,2.34) < 0.0001	1.30(0.96,1.75)0.0718	1.30(0.78,2.18)0.1540
Quartile 3	3.48(2.82,4.31) < 0.0001	1.96(1.42,2.70)0.0016	1.88(1.05,3.37)0.0427
Quartile 4	5.85(4.85,7.04) < 0.0001	2.74(2.21,3.39) < 0.0001	2.60(1.75,3.85)0.0090
P for trend	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.0006

OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval.

^aModel 1 not adjusted for any potential confounders.

^bModel 2 adjusted for age, sex, race, marital status, family PIR, education level, and BMI.

^cModel 3 further adjusted for ALT, AST, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking status in addition to the factors in Model 2.