Table 3. Odds ratios for individual components of metabolic syndrome according to baseline AST-to-ALT ratio.

		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	p-value
All subjects		N = 576	N = 562	N = 630	N = 508
Large waist circumference	Incidence	225 (39.06%)	163 (29%)	150 (23.81%)	89 (17.52%)	<0.0001
	Odds ratio	1	0.637 (0.498–0.816)	0.487 (0.38–0.625)	0.331 (0.25–0.44)	<0.0001
High triglycerides	Incidence	160 (27.78%)	136 (24.2%)	116 (18.41%)	75 (14.76%)	<0.0001
	Odds ratio	1	0.83 (0.636–1.082)	0.587 (0.447–0.77)	0.45 (0.332–0.611)	<0.0001
Low HDL cholesterol	Incidence	280 (48.61%)	270 (48.04%)	294 (46.67%)	232 (45.67%)	0.7615
	Odds ratio	1	0.977 (0.775–1.233)	0.925 (0.738–1.16)	0.889 (0.7–1.129)	0.7619
High blood pressure	Incidence	203 (35.24%)	193 (34.34%)	174 (27.62%)	156 (30.71%)	0.0173
	Odds ratio	1	0.961 (0.753–1.227)	0.701 (0.549–0.895)	0.814 (0.631–1.05)	0.0176
High glucose	Incidence	126 (21.88%)	93 (16.55%)	94 (14.92%)	75 (14.76%)	0.0037
	Odds ratio	1	0.708 (0.526–0.953)	0.626 (0.466–0.841)	0.618 (0.451–0.847)	0.0039
Excluding heavy drinkers		N = 527	N = 528	N = 578	N = 466
Large waist circumference	Incidence	209 (39.66%)	156 (29.55%)	136 (23.53%)	82 (17.6%)	<0.0001
	Odds ratio	1	0.638 (0.494–0.824)	0.468 (0.361–0.607)	0.325 (0.242–0.437)	<0.0001
High triglycerides	Incidence	138 (26.19%)	123 (23.3%)	105 (18.17%)	64 (13.73%)	<0.0001
	Odds ratio	1	0.856 (0.647–1.133)	0.626 (0.47–0.834)	0.449 (0.323–0.623)	<0.0001
Low HDL cholesterol	Incidence	264 (50.09%)	263 (49.81%)	279 (48.27%)	223 (47.85%)	0.8592
	Odds ratio	1	0.989 (0.777–1.259)	0.93 (0.734–1.177)	0.914 (0.712–1.173)	0.8593
High blood pressure	Incidence	182 (34.54%)	177 (33.52%)	158 (27.34%)	144 (30.9%)	0.0465
	Odds ratio	1	0.956 (0.741–1.233)	0.713 (0.552–0.921)	0.848 (0.65–1.106)	0.0471
High blood glucose	Incidence	112 (21.25%)	79 (14.96%)	80 (13.84%)	65 (13.95%)	0.0021
	Odds ratio	1	0.652 (0.475–0.895)	0.595 (0.434–0.816)	0.601 (0.43–0.84)	0.0023

Data are OR (95% CI) or frequency (%). P values show the trend. A P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.