Table 1.
Baseline demographics of NAFLD individuals with and without poor weight perception.
|
With poor weight perception
(n = 2,329) |
Without poor weight perception
(n = 9,841) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 56 (IQR: 39 to 70) | 53 (IQR: 39 to 65) | <0.001* |
| Gender (male) | 67.7 (95%CI: 65.8 to 69.6) | 44.2 (95%CI: 43.2 to 45.2) | <0.001* |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.2 (IQR: 27.4 to 31.8) | 33.6 (IQR: 30.6 to 37.7) | <0.001* |
| Hypertension (%) | 61.1 (95%CI: 59.0 to 63.1) | 63.5 (95%CI: 62.5 to 64.5) | 0.037* |
| Diabetes (%) | 23.7 (95%CI: 22.0 to 25.5) | 24.3 (95%CI: 23.5 to 25.2) | 0.565 |
| Obesity (%) | 43.4 (95%CI: 41.4 to 45.4) | 81.2 (95%CI: 80.4 to 82.0) | <0.001* |
| Platelet count (1,000 cells/uL) | 240 (IQR: 200 to 279) | 253 (IQR: 213 to 299) | <0.001* |
| Exercise (%) | 17.3 (95%CI: 16.7 to 18.9) | 83.7 (95%CI: 81.0 to 84.1) | <0.001* |
| Glycated hemoglobin (%) | 5.6 (IQR: 5.3 to 6.1) | 5.6 (IQR: 5.3 to 6.1) | 0.005* |
| FBG (mmol/L) | 5.83 (IQR: 5.38 to 6.66) | 5.77 (IQR: 5.37 to 6.55) | 0.285 |
| Total bilirubin (umol/L) | 10.3 (IQR: 8.55 to 13.7) | 10.3 (IQR: 6.84 to 13.7) | <0.001* |
| Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 200 (IQR: 174 to 232) | 198 (IQR: 172 to 226) | <0.001* |
| LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 117 (IQR: 93 to 142) | 118 (IQR: 94 to 141) | 0.758 |
| Direct HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 45 (IQR: 38 to 54) | 46 (IQR: 39 to 55) | 0.001* |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 176 (IQR: 121 to 262) | 155 (IQR: 108 to 227) | <0.001* |
| Income Level (%) | <0.001* | ||
| 0–10,000 | 8.79 (95%CI: 7.61 to 10.1) | 5.81 (95%CI: 5.33 to 6.34) | |
| 10,000–25,000 | 29.2 (95%CI: 27.2 to 31.2) | 23.7 (95%CI: 22.9 to 24.7) | |
| 25,000–45,000 | 27.2 (95%CI: 25.3 to 29.3) | 25.8 (95%CI: 24.9 to 26.7) | |
| 45,000–75,000 | 20.4 (95%CI: 18.6 to 22.2) | 23.9 (95%CI: 23.0 to 24.9) | |
| >75,000 | 14.4 (95%CI: 13.0 to 16.1) | 20.7 (95%CI: 19.8 to 21.6) | |
| Ethnicity (%) | <0.001* | ||
| Caucasian | 36.6 (95%CI: 34.7 to 38.6) | 46.5 (95%CI: 45.6 to 47.5) | |
| African American | 22.6 (95%CI: 20.9 to 24.3) | 21.4 (95%CI: 20.6 to 22.3) | |
| Mexican American | 23.7 (95%CI: 22.1 to 25.5) | 18.0 (95%CI: 17.2 to 18.7) | |
| Hispanic | 9.31 (95%CI: 8.20 to 10.6) | 7.82 (95%CI: 7.31 to 8.37) | |
| Others | 7.73 (95%CI: 6.71 to 8.89) | 6.25 (95%CI: 5.79 to 6.75) | |
| Highest level of education (%) | <0.001* | ||
| Less than 9th Grade | 24.0 (95%CI: 18.6 to 30.4) | 11.7 (95%CI: 9.75 to 13.9) | |
| 9–11th Grade | 13.5 (95%CI: 9.42 to 19.0) | 13.0 (95%CI: 11.0 to 15.4) | |
| High School | 29.0 (95%CI: 23.1 to 35.7) | 31.3 (95%CI: 28.4 to 34.4) | |
| Some College/AA degree | 22.0 (95%CI: 16.8 to 28.3) | 31.3 (95%CI: 28.4 to 24.4) | |
| College Graduate | 11.5 (95%CI: 7.76 to 16.7) | 18.7 (95%CI: 16.3 to 21.4) |
NAFLD, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; BMI, Body Mass Index; FBG, Fasting Blood Glucose; LDL, Low-density lipoprotein; HDL, High-density lipoprotein; IQR, Interquartile range; AA, Associates in Arts; 95%CI, 95% Confidence Interval;
*
bolded p-value ≤ 0.05 denotes statistical significance.