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. 2016 Dec 1;17:90. doi: 10.1186/s12881-016-0352-9

Table 2.

Interaction analyses of the PNPLA3 rs738409 polymorphism and behavioral factors on childhood NAFLD

Percentage of NAFLD children (number of NAFLD cases/number of the subgroup)
CC GC GG ORa (95% CI) P a ORb (95% CI) P b
Total 15.1 (60/398) 15.0 (74/492) 20.4 (28/137) 1.57 (1.15–2.16) 0.005
Physical Activity (PA)
 PA ≥ 1 h/d 16.2 (31/191) 16.0 (38/237) 11.1 (7/63) 1.02 (0.63–1.66) 0.923 3.13 (1.57–6.24) 0.001
 PA < 1 h/d 11.9 (19/160) 14.7 (31/211) 31.3 (20/64) 3.05 (1.82–5.12) <0.001
Sedentary Behavior (SB)
 SB < 2 h/d 14.2 (32/226) 9.8 (27/276) 19.5 (16/82) 1.22 (0.80–1.87) 0.363 2.47 (1.25–4.91) 0.010
 SB ≥ 2 h/d 14.4 (18/125) 24.4 (42/172) 24.4 (11/45) 3.41 (1.88–6.18) <0.001
PA and SB
 PA ≥ 1 h/d & SB < 2 h/d 17.2 (22/128) 9.5 (14/147) 7.3 (3/41) 0.50 (0.26–0.96) 0.039 6.11 (2.79–13.37) <0.001
 PA < 1 h/d or SB ≥ 2 h/d 12.6 (28/223) 18.3 (55/301) 27.9 (24/86) 3.17 (2.02–4.96) <0.001

NAFLD Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, PNPLA3 The patatin like phospholipase containing domain 3 gene, PA Physical Activity, SB Sedentary Behavior

a: the P value of rs738409 in logistic model conducted in each behavioral level, including age, gender, BMI and rs738409 as independent variables

b: the P value of rs738409 × behavior in logistic model conducted for each behavior, including age, gender, BMI, rs738409, behavior, rs738409 × behavior as independent variables