Table 3.
Odds ratio for elevated liver enzymes and sonographic fatty liver according to the number of the metabolic syndrome components and categories of body mass index before and after adjustment for age
| Variables | Participants n (%) total:1110 | Unadjusted for age OR (95% CI) | Adjust ed for age OR (95% CI) | |||||||
| Participants who underwent sonogrphy n (%) total: 931 | Elevated ALT | Elevated AST | Elevated ALP | Fatty liver | Elevated ALT | Elevated AST | Elevated ALP | Fatty liver | ||
| Number of components of the metabolic syndrome¶ | ||||||||||
| 0 | 210(18.9%) | 183(19.7%) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | 436(39.3%) | 377(40.5%) | 1.06 (0.05, 2.19) |
1.73 (0.81,3.70) |
1.34 (0.73,2.46) |
2.85* (1.15, 7.06) |
1.05 (0.51, 2.17) |
1.75 (0.81, 3.74) |
1.69 (0.89,3.17) |
2.81* (1.13, 6.98) |
| 2 | 383(34.5%) | 311(33.4%) | 1.61 (0.79, 3.27) |
3.18* (1.52,6.67) |
1.61 (0.87, 2.98) |
2.78* (1.13, 6.85) |
1.59 (0.78, 3.2) |
3.22* (1.53,6.78) |
2.14* (1.12, 4.07) |
2.76* (1.12, 6.81) |
| ≥ 3 | 81(7.3%) | 60(6.4%) | 3.69* (1.61, 8.45) |
2.71* (1.05, 7.0) |
0.74 (0.25, 2.19) |
11.31** (3.9, 32.81) |
3.55* (1.50,8.38) |
2.86* (1.08, 7.6) |
1.49 (0.49,4.59) |
9.84** (3.32, 29.15) |
| Body mass index categories | ||||||||||
| Normal weight | 438(39.5%) | 389(41.8%) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Overweight | 377(34.0%) | 314(33.7%) | 2.22* (1.23,4.02) |
1.32 (0.79,2.21) |
0.87 (0.54,1.41) |
10.53** (3.15, 35.23) |
2.19* (1.20, 3.96) |
1.89 (0.79, 2.25) |
1.08 (0.66, 1.78) |
10.05** (3.0, 33.62) |
| Obese | 295(26.6%) | 228(24.5%) | 3.41** (1.87, 6.19) |
1.92* (1.14, 3.25) |
1.11 (0.67, 1.85) |
121.84** (37.69, 393.83) |
3.41* (1.87,6.20) |
1.34* (1.12, 3.21) |
1.05 (0.62, 1.76) |
127.13** (39.2, 412.26) |
¶: The ORs (95% CIs) were calculated by performing logistic regression analysis to determine the risk of elevated ALT according to the number of components of the metabolic syndrome after adjustment for age and body mass index.
P value < 0.05; ** P value < 0.01