Figure 1. Multivariable adjusted means (SEM) of serum carotenoids (μmol/l) according to the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Means (SEM) were adjusted for age, energy intake, body mass index, physical activity, household income, multivitamin user, smoking, tea drinker, serum levels of glucose, dietary intake of carbohydrate, cholesterol, fiber, saturated fatty acid to polyunsaturated fatty acid ratio using analysis of covariance. p-values here stand for linear trend between serum levels of carotenoids and severity of NAFLD.