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. 2021 Oct 5;8(1):e000780. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2021-000780

Table 3.

Exposures associated with having steatosis

Subjects with steatosis Crude OR
(95% CI)
P value Adjusted for Adjusted OR (95% CI) P value
BMI
 Lean* 6/61 (9.8%) Reference NA Smoking, parental education, exercise, fast food Reference NA
 Overweight 14/28 (50%) 9.16 (2.98 to 28.1) <0.0001 NA 9.67 (2.94 to 31.7) <0.0001
 Obese 18/31 (58.1%) 12.7 (4.2 to 38.3) <0.0001 NA 13.87 (4.41 to 43.6) <0.0001
Waist-to-height ratio 0.64
 Normal adiposity (<0.5) 12/68 (17.6%) Reference NA Smoking, parental education, exercise, fast food Reference NA
 Increased adiposity (≥0.5) 26/52 (50%) 4.66 (2.04 to 10.7) <0.0001 5.53 (2.3 to 13.3) <0.0001
Parental education
 School education 3/10 (30%) Reference NA BMI, smoking Reference NA
 College education 35/110 (31.8%) 1.08 (0.3 to 4.4) 0.9 NA 0.92 (0.2 to 4.2) 0.9

*BMI <25 kg/m2.

BMI, body mass index; NA, not applicable.