Table 3.
Relation between serum ALT concentration in 2000 and fatty liver in 2007–2008
| Serum ALT concentration in 2000 | No. of subject in 2007–2008 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatty liver (%) | Non-fatty liver (%) | ||
| Men with fatty liver in 2000 | |||
| ALT ⩽ 30 IU/L (n = 149) | 117 (78.5) | 32 (21.5) | 0.889 |
| ALT ⩾ 31 IU/L (n = 168) | 133 (79.2) | 35 (20.8) | |
| ALT ⩽ 42 IU/L (n = 233) | 181 (77.7) | 52 (22.3) | 0.391 |
| ALT ⩾ 43 IU/L (n = 84) | 69 (82.1) | 15 (17.9) | |
| Women with fatty liver in 2000 | |||
| ALT ⩽ 19 IU/L (n = 21) | 15 (71.4) | 6 (28.6) | 0.093 |
| ALT ⩾ 20 IU/L (n = 20) | 19 (95.0) | 1 (5.0) | |
| ALT ⩽ 42 IU/L (n = 35) | 28 (80.0) | 7 (20.0) | 0.350 |
| ALT ⩾ 43 IU/L (n = 6) | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Men without fatty liver in 2000 | |||
| ALT ⩽ 30 IU/L (n = 722) | 139 (18.0) | 633 (82.0) | <0.001 |
| ALT ⩾ 31 IU/L (n = 119) | 38 (31.9) | 81 (68.1) | |
| ALT ⩽ 42 IU/L (n = 860) | 169 (19.7) | 691 (80.3) | 0.399 |
| ALT ⩾ 43 IU/L (n = 31) | 8 (25.8) | 23 (74.2) | |
| Women without fatty liver in 2000 | |||
| ALT ⩽ 19 IU/L (n = 279) | 29 (10.7) | 250 (89.3) | 0.021 |
| ALT ⩾ 20 IU/L (n = 50) | 11 (22.0) | 39 (78.0) | |
| ALT ⩽ 42 IU/L (n = 315) | 37 (11.7) | 278 (88.3) | 0.392 |
| ALT ⩾ 43 IU/L (n = 14) | 3 (21.4) | 11 (78.6) | |
ALT, alanine aminotransferase.