Table 4.
Logistic regression analysis of possible risk factors for NAFLD in the SY and TE types
| SY type | TE type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | OR | 95 % CI | P value | OR | 95 % CI | P value |
| Age (yr) | 1.03 | 0.97–1.08 | 0.3568 | 0.99 | 0.97–1.02 | 0.5492 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 1.33 | 1.09–1.62 | 0.0045 | 1.08 | 0.98–1.19 | 0.132 |
| Sex (female) | 0.51 | 0.23–1.13 | 0.0976 | 0.32 | 0.19–0.52 | <.0001 |
| Alcohol consumption (g/day) | 1.02 | 0.94–1.11 | 0.6112 | 0.91 | 0.87–0.95 | <.0001 |
| ALT (IU/L) | 1.05 | 1.02–1.08 | 0.0015 | 1.06 | 1.04–1.07 | <.0001 |
| Abdominal obesity | 0.53 | 0.15–1.83 | 0.3146 | 1.66 | 0.98–2.82 | 0.0584 |
| Hypertriglyceridemia | 3.25 | 1.64–6.43 | 0.0007 | 1.59 | 1.07–2.37 | 0.0225 |
| Low HDL cholesterol | 0.37 | 0.14–0.76 | 0.0075 | 1.13 | 0.75–1.69 | 0.5648 |
| High BP | 1.85 | 0.91–3.76 | 0.0906 | 1.48 | 0.97–2.27 | 0.0719 |
| High FPG | 2.11 | 0.85–5.24 | 0.1092 | 1.77 | 1.12–2.80 | 0.0144 |
Abbreviations: TE Tae-eum type, SY So-yang type, NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, BMI body mass index, ALT alanine aminotransferase, HDL high density lipoprotein, BP blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose
NAFLD was defined as LAI <5