Table 6.

The risk (Odds ratio) of hepatic steatosis in ultrasonography according to age, gender, anthropometric measures, blood lipids and liver enzymes. A logistic regression analysis of 1767 adults

Variable	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	p-value
Sex (male vs. female)	1.43	1.01; 2.05	0.046
Age (years)	1.05*	1.04; 1.07	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	1.29*	1.24; 1.34	< 0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.23*	1.06; 1.43	0.008
HDL (mmol/l)	0.53*	0.34; 0.82	0.005
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	1.31*	1.13; 1.51	< 0.001
ALT (U/l)	1.08*	1.06; 1.10	< 0.001

* per unit