Table 2.
Univariable associations between ALAT and individual risk factors of the metabolic syndrome
| Ethnicity/birthplace | Greenlanders |
Danes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| rho | p | rho | p | |
| HbA1c (mmol/mol) | 0.06 | 0.024 | −0.00 | 0.991 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 0.22 | <0.001 | 0.23 | 0.003 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) | 0.12 | <0.001 | 0.06 | 0.457 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 0.08 | 0.004 | 0.06 | 0.414 |
| LDL (mmol/l) | 0.07 | 0.010 | 0.04 | 0.598 |
| HDL (mmol/l) | −0.13 | <0.001 | −0.03 | 0.658 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | −0.03 | 0.247 | 0.07 | 0.338 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 0.17 | <0.001 | 0.06 | 0.404 |
The Spearman’s rank correlation was used to test the association between ALAT and metabolic syndrome variables. p-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.
ALAT: alanine aminotransferase; rho: correlation coefficient; p: p-value; HbA1C: haemoglobin A1C; BMI: body mass index; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; and BP: blood pressure.