Skip to main content
. 2020 Oct 15;12(10):6149–6159.

Table 2.

Risk factors for NAFLD according to the Cox regression analyses

Variable Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis


OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Age (years) 1.596 [1.493, 1.706] <0.001 1.276 [1.182, 1.378] <0.001
Sex (Male vs. Female) 3.610 [3.166, 4.115] <0.001 1.718 [1.416, 2.084] <0.001
Hypertension (Without vs. With) 2.164 [1.897, 2.470] <0.001 1.090 [0.940, 1.264] 0.193
BMI (kg/m2) 1.616 [1.560, 1.674] <0.001 1.417 [1.364, 1.473] <0.001
FBG (mmol/l) 1.362 [1.305, 1.421] <0.001 1.115 [1.047, 1.188] 0.001
TC (mmol/l) 1.387 [1.270, 1.514] <0.001 1.204 [1.085, 1.337] 0.001
TG (mmol/l) 1.435 [1.401, 1.471] <0.001 1.193 [1.143, 1.245] <0.001
LDL-c (mmol/l) 1.909 [1.669, 2.184] <0.001 0.909 [0.691, 1.195] 0.714
HDL-c (mmol/l) 0.183 [0.149, 0.224] <0.001 0.533 [0.420, 0.677] <0.001
Cr (mmol/l) 1.003 [1.003, 1.004] <0.001 0.990 [0.985, 1.001] 0.051
BUN (mmol/l) 1.097 [1.060, 1.135] <0.001 0.948 [0.898, 1.000] 0.053
UA (mmol/l) 1.007 [1.006, 1.008] <0.001 1.003 [1.002, 1.004] <0.001
ALT (U/L) 1.008 [1.007, 1.009] <0.001 1.017 [1.011, 1.023] <0.001
AST (U/L) 1.007 [1.005, 1.009] <0.001 0.978 [0.966, 1.001] 0.058
GGT (U/L) 1.009 [1.008, 1.010] <0.001 1.002 [1.000, 1.004] 0.069
TBil (μmol/l) 0.999 [0.988, 1.011] 0.910 - -
DBil (μmol/l) 0.940 [0.853, 1.037] 0.216 - -

Data are shown as odds ratio (95% CI), P value. NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting plasma glucose; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cr, creatinine; UA, uric acid; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transferase; TBil, total bilirubin; DBil, direct bilirubin.