Table 3.

Social life factors and hepatic steatosis at 10-year biopsy

	All subjects n = 72	No HS n = 48	HS n = 24	P1
Work
Employed	33%	39%	23%	NS
Homemaker	13%	17%	4%	NS
Student full/part-time	3%	4%	0%	NS
Unemployed	20%	19%	23%	NS
Retired	30%	21%	50%	0.03
No. of years worked	17.9 ± 12.7	16.4 ± 12.6	20.9 ± 12.5	NS
Alcohol and smoking
Alcohol consumption	21%	17%	30%	NS
No. of drinks2/d in drinkers	1.1 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.0	1.2 ± 0.4	NS
Tobacco smokers	17%	15%	21%	NS
Cigarettes/d in smokers	1.9 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.7	1.6 ± 0.9	NS

Continuous data are represented as mean ± SD, and categorical data as percentage.

¹Comparison between HS and No HS;

²One drink = 1 bottle of beer or 1 glass of wine or 1 mixed drink. HS: Hepatic steatosis; NS: Not significant.