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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Gastroenterol. 2019 Feb;53(2):e46–e53. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000946

Table 3.

Associations of insulin resistance with elevated liver enzymes and PNFI, adjusted for inflammation and endothelial dysfunction biomarkers and stratified by BMI

High ALT High AST High GGT High PNFI*



Prevalence
Ratio
(95%CI)
Prevalence
Ratio
(95%CI)
Prevalence
Ratio
(95%CI)
Prevalence
Ratio
(95%CI)



Ln of HOMA-IR
  Under/normal weight (N=674)
    Base model 1.57 (0.87, 2.84) 0.82 (0.28, 2.41) 1.53 (0.92, 2.56) --
    Additionally adjusted for adiponectin 1.58 (0.88, 2.84) 0.84 (0.28, 2.53) 1.51 (0.91, 2.52) --
    Additionally adjusted for ln hs-CRP 1.60 (0.88, 2.91) 0.86 (0.27, 2.75) 1.55 (0.91, 2.63) --
    Additionally adjusted for e-selectin 1.43 (0.76, 2.68) 0.84 (0.26, 2.70) 1.52 (0.89, 2.61) --
    Additionally adjusted for ln PAI-1 1.51 (0.79, 2.88) 0.85 (0.24, 2.95) 1.55 (0.91, 2.64) --
  Overweight or obese (N=643)
    Base model 2.40 (1.61, 3.58) 4.50 (2.14, 9.48) 1.75 (1.34, 2.29) 3.12 (2.39, 4.05)
    Additionally adjusted for adiponectin 2.06 (1.33, 3.17) 3.92 (1.78, 8.62) 1.59 (1.19, 2.12) 3.01 (2.31, 3.92)
    Additionally adjusted for ln hs-CRP 1.88 (1.24, 2.84) 3.08 (1.51, 6.29) 1.50 (1.12, 2.00) 2.83 (2.18, 3.68)
    Additionally adjusted for e-selectin 1.53 (1.01, 2.33) 2.13 (1.11, 4.08) 1.42 (1.05, 1.91) 2.77 (2.13, 3.61)
    Additionally adjusted for ln PAI-1 1.20 (0.74, 1.96) 2.02 (1.09, 3.77) 1.26 (0.91, 1.73) 2.62 (1.93, 3.56)
*

The model for PNFI does not include adjustment for age, waist circumference, or triglyceride levels.

The base model includes adjustment for age, sex, household income, parental education, Mexican background, field center, physical activity, SBP percentile, LDL-c, HDL-c, ln of triglycerides, and pubertal status