Table 2. Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)^* for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease according to sex specific quartiles of hsCRP.

HsCRP quartiles	Number of subjects	Person-years	Number of outcomes	Incidence ratio (95%CI)*
Male
Q1	502	1324.4	106	21.1 (17.5-24.7)
Q2	1263	3811.8	235	18.6 (16.5-20.8)
Q3	1254	3835.1	311	24.8 (22.4-27.2)
Q4	1285	4069.4	399	31.1 (28.5-33.6)
Female
Q1	708	1985.1	44	6.2 (4.4-8.0)
Q2	2273	7416.2	138	6.0 (5.1-7.1)
Q3	804	2670.9	92	11.4 (9.2-13.7)
Q4	528	1767.5	103	19.5 (16.1-22.9)

CI: confidence incidence.

^*Incidence rate of outcomes per 1,00 person-years.