Table 2.

ORs of mildly and markedly increased ALT^a for age and degree of obesity, stratified by sex

	OR (99% CI, P value)		OR (99% CI, P value)
	Mildly increased ALT, n = 4461		Markedly increased ALT, n = 1245
	Males	Females	Males	Females
Age (years)	1.15 (1.13–1.18, < 0.001)	0.97 (0.95–0.99, 0.002)	1.34 (1.29–1.38, < 0.001)	1.06 (1.02–1.10, < 0.001)
Degree of obesity
Class I obesity	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Class II obesity	1.52 (1.29–1.80, < 0.001)	1.57 (1.33–1.86 < < 0.001)	2.03 (1.60–2.58, < 0.001)	1.59 (1.15–2.20, < 0.001)
Class III obesity	2.27 (1.82–2.82), < 0.001)	2.17 (1.75–2.70, < 0.001)	3.73 (2.77–5.02, < 0.001)	3.57 (2.52–5.06, < 0.001)

Abbreviations: ALT alanine aminotransferase, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Ref reference group

^a Compared to normal ALT group

ORs were adjusted for age and degree of obesity