Table 1.
Baseline analysis based on MASLD status, NHANES 2017–2020
| Variable | Total (n = 8,341) | No (n = 4,579) | Yes (n = 3,762) | P-value |
| Age, years | 48.289 ± 0.598 | 45.871 ± 0.685 | 51.356 ± 0.598 | <0.0001 |
| PIR | 3.087 ± 0.042 | 3.098 ± 0.052 | 3.074 ± 0.053 | 0.71 |
| Energy intake, kcal/d | 2,107.596 ± 14.510 | 2043.043 ± 17.326 | 2,189.496 ± 18.570 | <0.0001 |
| BMI | 30.070 ± 0.195 | 26.826 ± 0.190 | 34.186 ± 0.211 | <0.0001 |
| LHR | 1.797 ± 0.026 | 1.614 ± 0.041 | 2.030 ± 0.032 | <0.0001 |
| MHR | 0.467 ± 0.006 | 0.409 ± 0.005 | 0.541 ± 0.008 | <0.0001 |
| NHR | 3.447 ± 0.047 | 2.991 ± 0.041 | 4.025 ± 0.063 | <0.0001 |
| PHR | 195.475 ± 1.910 | 178.971 ± 1.904 | 216.415 ± 2.199 | <0.0001 |
| Sex | <0.0001 | |||
| Male | 3,893 (46.767) | 1946 (42.290) | 1947 (52.447) | |
| Female | 4,448 (53.233) | 2,633 (57.710) | 1815 (47.553) | |
| Race | <0.0001 | |||
| Mexican American | 1,053 (8.468) | 414 (6.028) | 639 (11.564) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1967 (10.471) | 1,248 (12.172) | 719 (8.314) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 3,060 (64.594) | 1,626 (64.878) | 1,434 (64.233) | |
| Other Hispanic | 810 (6.642) | 441 (6.900) | 369 (6.316) | |
| Other race | 1,451 (9.825) | 850 (10.023) | 601 (9.573) | |
| Marital status | <0.0001 | |||
| No-single | 4,949 (62.736) | 2,572 (58.277) | 2,377 (68.393) | |
| Single | 3,392 (37.264) | 2007 (41.723) | 1,385 (31.607) | |
| Education | 0.012 | |||
| <high school | 577 (3.115) | 280 (2.807) | 297 (3.505) | |
| High school | 2,884 (34.854) | 1,534 (32.996) | 1,350 (37.210) | |
| >high school | 4,880 (62.032) | 2,765 (64.197) | 2,115 (59.285) | |
| Smoking | <0.001 | |||
| Never | 4,974 (59.562) | 2,815 (60.953) | 2,159 (57.797) | |
| Former | 2029 (25.319) | 944 (22.209) | 1,085 (29.266) | |
| Now | 1,338 (15.118) | 820 (16.838) | 518 (12.937) | |
| Physical activity | 0.116 | |||
| No | 4,228 (45.968) | 2,324 (47.153) | 1904 (44.464) | |
| Moderate | 2008 (26.872) | 1,073 (25.505) | 935 (28.607) | |
| Vigorous | 2,105 (27.160) | 1,182 (27.342) | 923 (26.929) | |
| Hypertension | <0.0001 | |||
| No | 4,579 (61.330) | 2,914 (72.854) | 1,665 (46.709) | |
| Yes | 3,762 (38.670) | 1,665 (27.146) | 2097 (53.291) | |
| Diabetes | <0.0001 | |||
| No | 6,516 (83.422) | 4,012 (92.572) | 2,504 (71.812) | |
| Yes | 1825 (16.578) | 567 (7.428) | 1,258 (28.188) |
Continuous variables were expressed as mean ± standard error and detected by weighted t-tests, and categorical variables were expressed as number (percentage) and tested by weighted χ2 analysis.
LHR, lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio; MASLD, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease; MHR, monocyte-HDL-C ratio; NHR, neutrophil-HDL-C ratio; PHR, platelet-HDL-C ratio.