Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants
| n | 9948 |
| Age (years) | 44.6 (9.1) |
| Body weight (kg) | 67.6 (10.0) |
| BMI (kg/m²) | 23.2 (3.0) |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 80.9 (8.0) |
| Non-smoker | 3257 (32.5) |
| Ex-smoker | 3045 (30.7) |
| Current smoker | 3646 (36.8) |
| Regular exerciser | 1862 (18.8) |
| Alcohol consumption (g/week) | 100.4 (159.2) |
| None or minimal alcohol consumer | 5981 (59.8) |
| Light alcohol consumer | 1520 (15.4) |
| Moderate alcohol consumer | 1349 (13.7) |
| Heavy alcohol consumer | 1098 (11.1) |
| Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L) | 5.4 (0.5) |
| HbA1c (mmol/mol) | 33.2 (3.8) |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.2 (0.8) |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.2 (0.9) |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.3 (0.4) |
| AST (IU/L) | 20.2 (9.7) |
| ALT (IU/L) | 24.7 (15.2) |
| GGT (IU/L) | 28.1 (27.5) |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 119.6 (14.4) |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 75.5 (10.1) |
| Fatty liver | 2857 (28.7) |
Data are expressed as number (%) of subjects or mean (SD).
ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; GGT, gamma-glutamyltransferase; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure.