Table 1.
Normal Liver Status (n = 1,630) |
Fatty Liver Status (n = 372) |
OR | ||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | 95% Confidence Interval | ||
Men | 40.1% | — | 68.3% | — | 3.32b | 2.61‐4.23 |
Age (years, range) | 41.6 | (34‐49) | 43.2 | (34‐49) | 1.07c | 1.05‐1.10 |
Circulating biomarkers | ||||||
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)a | 21.6 | 10.4 | 31.8 | 32.3 | 1.98 | 1.74‐2.25 |
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)a | 14.8 | 9.7 | 31.7 | 36.4 | 3.34 | 2.85‐3.91 |
Gamma‐glutamyl transferase (U/L)a | 27.6 | 27.7 | 62.5 | 70.8 | 2.78 | 2.41‐3.21 |
Insulin (mU/L)a | 8.1 | 9.4 | 18.2 | 23.3 | 3.60 | 3.03‐4.27 |
C‐reactive protein (mg/L)a | 1.70 | 2.70 | 3.15 | 4.17 | 2.20 | 1.92‐2.51 |
Anthropometrics and blood pressure | ||||||
Waist circumference (cm)a | 88.7 | 12.2 | 105.4 | 14.2 | 3.80 | 3.22‐4.49 |
BMI (kg/m2)a | 25.5 | 4.3 | 30.9 | 5.6 | 3.34 | 2.88‐3.89 |
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 117 | 13 | 127 | 14 | 1.80 | 1.59‐2.03 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 73 | 10 | 82 | 10 | 2.02 | 1.77‐2.30 |
Behavioral variables | ||||||
Leisure‐time physical activity (5‐15) | 9.2 | 1.8 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 0.79 | 0.73‐0.84 |
Smoking prevalence (%) | 14.2 | 18.0 | 1.27 | 0.92‐1.75 | ||
Alcohol intake (categorized 1‐4) | 1.85 | 0.58 | 2.11 | 0.73 | 1.54 | 1.27‐1.87 |
Characteristics data are mean (SD). Age‐ and sex‐adjusted odd ratios and their 95% confidence intervals are per 1‐SD increment in circulating biomarkers, anthropometric variables and blood pressure, and per 1‐step increment in sex, age, and behavioral variables.
Log‐transformed prior to calculating the ORs.
Age‐adjusted OR.
Sex‐adjusted OR.