. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 29.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Obes. 2019 Oct 27;15(2):e12581. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12581

TABLE 4.

Logistic regression for dichotomized ALT

Outcome	Model	N	Variable	Effect	OR	Lower CI	Upper CI	P value
ALT ≥80	1^a	767	BMI Group					.022
				Overweight vs Class3	0.275	0.093	0.809
				Class1 vs Class3	0.610	0.400	0.930
				Class2 vs Class3	0.788	0.555	1.118
	2^b	721	BMI Group					.026
				Class3 vs Overweight	3.152	1.038	9.571
				Class3 vs Class1	1.791	1.135	2.827
				Class3 vs Class2	1.321	0.915	1.907
			Sex	Female vs. Male	0.555	0.392	0.788	.0010
			Ethnicity	Hispanic vs Non-Hispanic	1.750	1.178	2.600	.0056
			Type 2 DM	0 vs 1	0.328	0.179	0.602	.0003

Model 1 does not adjust for other covariates. BMI group is the only variable.

Model 2 is the model after backward selection with BMI group being forced in the model.