Table 4.

Prevalence ratios of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among patients with concordant and discordant waist circumference and body mass index

	Prevalence ratio (95% CI)	p-value
BMI normal and WC normal	1 (referent group)
BMI abnormal and WC abnormal	3.04 (2.52–3.66)	<0.001
BMI normal and WC abnormal	1.91 (1.55–2.35)	<0.001
BMI abnormal and WC normal	2.78 (1.83–4.22)	<0.001

^*Model is adjusted for age, gender, race and MESA site

^**"Abnormal" body mass index (BMI) is defined as BMI ≥ 30 in both genders; "Normal" is BMI < 30

^***"Abnormal" waist circumference (WC) is defined as WC >102cm for male and WC > 88cm female; "Normal" is WC ≤102cm in males and ≤ 88cm in females