Table 2:

Prevalence (%) of metabolic abnormalities associated with serum aminotransferase levels

Metabolic Abnormalities	Alanine aminotransferase, IU/L					P for trend	Aspartate aminotransferase, IU/L					P for trend
	<20	20–29	30–39	40–49	≥50		<20	20–29	30–39	40–49	≥50
Men
Hypertension-positive	37.32	45.70	54.62	53.70	57.33	0.01	39.50	45.54	50.25	50.79	63.64	0.01
Central obesity	18.60	34.00	44.96	54.63	63.33	0.01	27.12	31.87	38.58	44.44	63.64	0.01
Triglyceride ≥1.7(mmol/L)	20.44	35.54	49.58	56.48	64.67	0.01	25.39	33.82	47.72	61.90	70.45	0.01
HDL-cholesterol<1.3 mmol/L	53.57	57.84	54.62	62.96	64.67	0.01	58.62	56.04	51.78	50.79	56.82	0.11
Glucose >5.6 (mmol/L)	19.95	23.40	26.47	32.41	32.00	0.01	23.82	22.71	22.34	25.40	36.36	0.35
Women
Hypertension-positive	31.64	43.97	43.54	51.52	56.72	0.01	31.49	38.26	47.96	63.27	51.52	0.01
Central obesity	34.25	50.94	68.52	74.24	67.16	0.01	36.39	43.43	52.04	83.67	63.64	0.01
Triglyceride ≥1.7 (mmol/L)	22.19	33.78	43.52	46.97	55.22	0.01	23.32	28.91	33.67	65.31	42.42	0.01
HDL-cholesterol<1.3 (mmol/L)	46.23	42.90	44.44	48.48	53.73	0.57	49.55	41.29	37.76	48.98	51.52	0.03
Glucose >5.6 (mmol/L)	11.99	17.16	13.89	18.18	14.93	0.04	13.07	12.63	16.33	20.41	18.18	0.16

HDL, high density lipoprotein;