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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2018 Oct 2;70(2):511–521. doi: 10.1002/hep.30226

Table 3.

Effect of Alcohol consumption on all-cause mortality in patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) according to risk of liver fibrosis.

NAFLD with low fibrosis risk
(N=3612)
NAFLD with high fibrosis risk
(N=328)

HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
0.5 -1.4 drinks/day* 0.46 (0.26-0.81) 0.007 0.64 (0.29-1.35) 0.241
≥1.5 drinks/day* 1.42 (0.92-2.18) 0.112 1.08 (0.51-2.28) 0.839
Age 1.09 (1.08-1.10) <0.001 1.11 (1.07-1.14) <0.001
Male sex 1.72 (1.23-2.42) 0.002 1.23 (0.75-2.03) 0.419
Current smoking 2.35 (1.61-3.45) <0.001 1.68 (0.70-4.05) 0.244

Low fibrosis risk defined as FIB-4< 1.79 and high fibrosis risk defined as FIB-4> 1.79.

*

Compared to non-drinkers (average of <0.5 drink/day)