Table 2.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis for fatty liver stratified by gender

	Men (n=620)			Women (n=517)
	OR	95% CI	p Value	OR	95% CI	p Value
Age
<50	1.000			1.000
50–65	0.784	0.509 to 1.207	0.269	1.429	0.766 to 2.667	0.262
65+	0.833	0.437 to 1.587	0.578	2.783	1.308 to 5.925	0.008
BMI
<24	0.327	0.199 to 0.536	<0.001	0.193	0.103 to 0.360	<0.001
24–27	1.000			1.000
27+	2.191	1.346 to 3.565	0.002	1.561	0.787 to 3.096	0.202
Met-S	2.653	1.688 to 4.169	<0.001	3.885	2.190 to 6.894	<0.001
Smoking	1.064	0.672 to 1.686	0.791	0.536	0.059 to 4.846	0.579
Alcohol consumption	1.084	0.708 to 1.659	0.710	2.129	0.574 to 7.899	0.259
Deprivation	1.140	0.973 to 1.336	0.105	1.033	0.825 to 1.293	0.777
Heavy metal exposure	1.834	1.161 to 2.899	0.009	1.058	0.572 to 1.955	0.858

Heavy metal exposure: used the dichotomous variable by collapsing level 1-3 as non-polluted and level 4-5 as polluted, based on data from the Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan.

BMI, body mass index; Met-S, metabolic syndrome, according to the definition of ATPIII 2004.