Table 2.
The prevalence of NAFLD and study population’ characteristics according to BMI and menopausal subgroup.
| Nonobese (n = 3490) | Obese (n = 833) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-menopausal | Postmenopausal | P value | Non-menopausal | Postmenopausal | P value | |
| Number | 2257 | 1233 | 391 | 483 | ||
| Age | 39.22 ± 7.45 | 56.45 ± 7.28 | <0.0001 | 43.10 ± 6.69 | 58.38 ± 8.16 | <0.0001 |
| Wasit(cm) | 71.43 ± 6.05 | 76.22 ± 6.47 | <0.0001 | 84.84 ± 6.16 | 88.58 ± 7.05 | <0.0001 |
| BMI(kg/m2) | 21.18 ± 1.97 | 22.07 ± 1.81 | <0.0001 | 26.97 ± 1.92 | 27.30 ± 1.97 | 0.0147 |
| Smoking(current/ex-smoker/never)% | 3.46/0.22/96.32 | 0.89/0.08/99.03 | <0.0001 | 2.68/0.27/97.05 | 0.43/0.22/99.35 | 0.0117 |
| Alcohol drinking(current/ex-drinker/never)% | 13.51/0.04/86.44 | 7.79/0.16/92.05 | <0.0001 | 16.89/0.00/83.11 | 8.48/0.22/91.30 | 0.0003 |
| Systolic blood pressure(mmHg) | 107.96 ± 12.83 | 121.23 ± 17.60 | <0.0001 | 118.05 ± 16.36 | 128.86 ± 18.12 | <0.0001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure(mmHg) | 67.43 ± 8.93 | 71.78 ± 10.15 | <0.0001 | 73.08 ± 10.01 | 75.38 ± 10.54 | 0.0015 |
| Fasting blood glucose(mmol/L) | 4.82 ± 0.61 | 5.28 ± 1.08 | <0.0001 | 5.22 ± 1.27 | 5.56 ± 1.40 | 0.0002 |
| Total bilirubin(umol/L) | 12.95 ± 5.29 | 13.07 ± 4.70 | 0.5010 | 11.56 ± 4.70 | 12.96 ± 4.43 | <0.0001 |
| Direct bilirubin(umol/L) | 3.71 ± 1.57 | 3.49 ± 1.39 | <0.0001 | 3.25 ± 1.35 | 3.49 ± 1.29 | 0.0088 |
| Indirect bilirubin(umol/L) | 9.24 ± 3.96 | 9.59 ± 3.61 | 0.0097 | 8.32 ± 3.57 | 9.48 ± 3.44 | <0.0001 |
| HDL(mmol/L) | 1.62 ± 0.36 | 1.63 ± 0.40 | 0.2936 | 1.38 ± 0.31 | 1.43 ± 0.32 | 0.0298 |
| LDL(mmol/L) | 2.62 ± 0.72 | 3.13 ± 0.80 | <0.0001 | 2.87 ± 0.70 | 3.14 ± 0.82 | <0.0001 |
| Triglyceride(mmol/L) | 1.05 ± 0.69 | 1.40 ± 0.86 | <0.0001 | 1.53 ± 1.03 | 1.73 ± 1.11 | 0.0059 |
| Total cholesterol(mmol/L) | 4.58 ± 0.83 | 5.25 ± 0.92 | <0.0001 | 4.77 ± 0.82 | 5.19 ± 0.92 | <0.0001 |
| AST(uL) | 21.20 ± 11.15 | 25.31 ± 23.93 | <0.0001 | 22.75 ± 10.43 | 25.99 ± 10.07 | <0.0001 |
| ALT(uL) | 17.50 ± 17.01 | 21.09 ± 25.09 | <0.0001 | 23.41 ± 18.94 | 25.81 ± 16.29 | 0.0500 |
| ALP(uL) | 62.89 ± 18.25 | 87.32 ± 37.33 | <0.0001 | 70.79 ± 21.47 | 88.74 ± 23.14 | <0.0001 |
| GGT(uL) | 17.07 ± 21.46 | 23.44 ± 37.41 | <0.0001 | 27.24 ± 35.90 | 30.02 ± 32.79 | 0.2451 |
| Diabetes mellitus% | 0.35 | 5.35 | <0.0001 | 2.41 | 6.96 | 0.0026 |
| Hypertension% | 1.42 | 12.73 | <0.0001 | 4.56 | 21.52 | <0.0001 |
| Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(no/yes),% | 20.74 | 45.26 | <0.0001 | 70.51 | 84.35 | <0.0001 |