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. 2020 Feb 20;4(3):nzaa024. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa024

TABLE 3.

Association between dietary quality indexes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by cirrhosis status in the Multiethnic Cohort1

Cirrhosis No cirrhosis
Cases Controls OR (95% CI)2 Cases Controls OR (95% CI)2 P-heterogeneity
HEI-2015
 Q1 (17.9–58.0) 113 986 1.00 (ref.) 551 4792 1.00 (ref.)
 Q2 (58.1–64.3) 134 1017 1.14 (0.87, 1.51) 496 4795 0.91 (0.80, 1.03)
 Q3 (64.4–69.9) 106 1009 0.96 (0.72, 1.28) 458 4875 0.83 (0.73, 0.95)
 Q4 (70.0–76.4) 83 1036 0.75 (0.55, 1.02) 494 4842 0.92 (0.80, 1.05)
 Q5 (76.5–99.6) 73 1018 0.74 (0.54, 1.03) 451 4922 0.84 (0.74, 0.97)
P for trend 0.0088 0.0315 0.0341
AHEI-2010
 Q1 (25.1–57.1) 120 1032 1.00 (ref.) 503 4782 1.00 (ref.)
 Q2 (57.2–62.8) 105 1052 0.82 (0.61, 1.09) 483 4805 0.97 (0.85, 1.10)
 Q3 (62.9–67.6) 113 1040 0.91 (0.68, 1.20) 488 4806 0.99 (0.86, 1.13)
 Q4 (67.7–73.1) 102 979 0.93 (0.69, 1.24) 504 4877 1.02 (0.89, 1.17)
 Q5 (73.2–104.5) 69 963 0.64 (0.46, 0.89) 472 4956 0.96 (0.84, 1.10)
P for trend 0.0395 0.8272 0.1450
aMED
 Q1 (0–2) 100 998 1.00 (ref.) 490 4594 1.00 (ref.)
 Q2 (3) 100 929 1.10 (0.81, 1.48) 431 4353 0.95 (0.83, 1.09)
 Q3 (4) 105 1010 1.09 (0.80, 1.49) 456 4574 0.97 (0.85, 1.12)
 Q4 (5) 94 902 1.11 (0.80, 1.55) 471 4453 1.05 (0.91, 1.21)
 Q5 (6–9) 110 1227 1.02 (0.72, 1.42) 602 6252 1.00 (0.86, 1.15)
P for trend 0.9491 0.6397 0.5319
DASH
 Q1 (9–19) 95 768 1.00 (ref.) 508 4370 1.00 (ref.)
 Q2 (20–22) 117 1025 0.90 (0.67, 1.21) 514 5244 0.84 (0.74, 0.96)
 Q3 (23–24) 88 857 0.78 (0.56, 1.07) 422 4041 0.90 (0.78, 1.03)
 Q4 (25–27) 110 1236 0.69 (0.51, 0.94) 540 5513 0.83 (0.72, 0.95)
 Q5 (28–39) 99 1180 0.68 (0.49, 0.94) 466 5058 0.80 (0.69, 0.92)
P for trend 0.0058 0.0054 0.0493
1

AHEI, Alternative Healthy Eating Index; aMED, alternate Mediterranean diet; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; HEI, Healthy Eating Index.

2

Stratified by matching factors and adjusted for BMI (in kg/m2), physical activity (h/d), total energy (log-transformed kcal/d), and coffee consumption (0, >0‒1, 2–3, ≥4 cups/d). For HEI-2015 and DASH, further adjusted for alcohol intake (g/d).