Table 2.

Hazard ratios of the fatty liver index for incident atrial fibrillation.

FLI group	Total number	AF cases	IR*	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
0–30	5,309,434	320,433	7.49	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
30–60	1,814,124	144,052	9.95	1.097 (1.090–1.104)	1.038 (1.031–1.045)	1.053 (1.046–1.060)a
≥ 60	924,497	69,957	9.48	1.188 (1.178–1.198)	1.090 (1.080–1.100)	1.115 (1.106–1.125)a

Model 1: age sex.

Model 2: Model 1 + hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, chronic kidney disease, smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, low income.

Model 3: Model 2 + systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, fasting glucose.

AF atrial fibrillation, FLI fatty liver index, IR incidence rate.

*IR, incidence rate (per 1000 person-years).

^aBonferroni-corrected significance level of p < 0.004 was used for multiple comparisons.