Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and metabolic profile of the study subjects with and without NAFLD

Variables	Study population (n=1305)	NAFLD absent (n=1063)	NAFLD present (n=242)	*P value
Age less than 40 Age more than 40	656 (50.3%) 649 (49.7%)	577 (54.3%) 486 (45.7%)	79 (32.6%) 163 (67.4%)	<0.001
Sex				0.002
Male Female	397 (30.4%) 908 (69.6%)	304 (28.6%) 759 (71.4%)	93 (38.4%) 149 (61.6%)
Marital status				0.001
Married Single	1083 (83%) 222 (17%)	866 (81.5%) 197 (18.5%)	217 (89.7%) 25 (10.3%)
Occupation				0.06
Housewife Cultivator and day labour Service holders and others	854 (65.4%) 125 (9.6%) 326 (25%)	711 (66.9%) 97 (9.1%) 254 (23.9%)	142 (58.9%) 28 (11.6%) 71 (29.5%)
Family income†				<0.001
Lower Higher	799 (61.3%) 505 (38.7%)	672 (63.8%) 381 (36.2%)	118 (49.6%) 120 (50.4%)
Education				0.175
Up to class V More than class V	641 (49.1%) 663 (50.8%)	528 (49.9%) 530 (50.1%)	108 (44.8%) 133 (55.2%)
History of smoking (current or past)	177 (13.6%)	140 (13.2%)	37 (15.3%)	0.405
Religion				0.581
Muslim Hindu	934 (71.6%) 371 (28.4%)	757 (71.2%) 306 (28.8%)	177 (73.1%) 65 (26.9%)
Presence of MS	463 (35.5%)	286 (26.9%)	177 (73.1%)	<0.001
Weight status				<0.001
Underweight Normal weight Overweight Obese	161 (12.3%) 431 (33%) 212 (16.2%) 501 (38.4%)	161 (15.1%) 407 (38.3%) 179 (16.8%) 316 (29.7%)	0 (0%) 24 (9.9%) 33 (13.6%) 185 (76.4%)
BMI kg/m2 (mean±SD)	23.81±4.50	22.87±4.06	27.93±4.04	<0.001
Presence of abdominal obesity	398 (30.5%)	254 (23.9%)	144 (59.5%)	<0.001
Presence of DM	168 (12.9%)	86 (8.1%)	82 (33.9%)	<0.001
ALT >40 U/L	117 (9%)	64 (6%)	53 (22%)	<0.001
Presence of hypertension	309 (23.7%)	199 (18.7%)	110 (45.5%)	<0.001
Presence of dyslipidaemia	1108 (84.9%)	879 (82.7%)	220 (94.6%)	<0.001

*P value between subjects with and without NAFLD.

†Lower family income <৳15 000/month, higher family income >৳15 000/month.

ALT, alanine transaminase; BMI, body mass index; DM, Diabetes Mellitus; MS, metabolic syndrome; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.