Table 3. Sex specific associations between fatty liver index and incidence of asthma.

			Univariate			Model 1*			Model 2†
	Total (N)	Event (n, %)	HR	95% CI	P value	HR	(95% CI)	P value	HR	95% CI	P value
Female
0≤ FLI <30	110522	11794(10.7)	Reference			Reference			Reference
30≤ FLI <60	8919	1175(13.2)	1.23	1.16–1.31	<0.001	1.17	1.10–1.24	<0.001	1.18	1.11–1.26	<0.001
FLI ≥60	2071	313(15.1)	1.49	1.33–1.66	<0.001	1.44	1.28–1.61	<0.001	1.46	1.13–1.64	<0.001
Male
0≤ FLI <30	25572	1950(7.6)	Reference			Reference			Reference
30≤ FLI <60	9454	811(8.6)	1.09	1.01–1.18	0.03	1.048	0.96–1.13	0.25	1.05	0.97–1.15	0.182
FLI ≥60	4065	334(8.2)	1.07	0.95–1.2	0.23	1.049	0.93–1.17	0.42	1.07	0.94–1.20	0.275

*Cox proportional hazard models including age as covariates.

^†Cox proportional hazard models including Model 1 plus activity, BMI, drinking, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fast blood glucose and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol as covariates.

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; FLI = fatty liver index; HR = hazard ratio.