Table 2.
Logistic regression analysis by elevated alanine aminotransferase
| Univariate | Age, sex adjusted | Multivariate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| variable | OR (95% C.I.) | P-value | OR (95% C.I.) | P-value | OR (95% C.I.) | P-value |
| Sex | 4.5(3.4-6.0) | < 0.001 | 4.5(3.4-6.0) | < 0.001 | 4.5(3.3-6.2) | < 0.001 |
| Age (year) | 1.1(1.0-1.2) | < 0.001 | 1.1(1.0-1.2) | < 0.001 | 1.1(1.0-1.1) | 0.0684 |
| Town (urban vs. rural) | 1.4(1.0-2.0) | 0.036 | 1.4(1.0-2.0) | 0.041 | 1.0(0.9-1.9.) | 0.1422 |
| Obesity | 15.2(11.8-19.7) | < 0.001 | 11.2(8.8-14.4) | < 0.001 | 7.6(5.3-11.0) | < 0.001 |
| Truncal obesity | 9.1(7.2-11.5) | < 0.001 | 11.0(8.6-14.1) | < 0.001 | 2.5(1.8-3.5) | < 0.001 |
| Income | 1.1(0.8-1.6) | 0.5214 | 1.1(0.6-1.7) | 0.675 | – | – |
| Edua F (quartile) | 0.8(0.7-1.0) | 0.63 | 0.9(0.7-1.1) | 0.1786 | – | – |
| M (quartile) | 0.9(0.7-1.0) | 0.1312 | 0.9(0.7-1.1) | 0.3564 | – | – |
*Parental education level was included in the KNHANES protocol starting in 2007