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Table 4 Logistic regression analysis of possible risk factors for NAFLD in the SY and TE types

From: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among sasang constitutional types: a population-based study in Korea

 

SY type

TE type

Variable

OR

95 % CI

P value

OR

95 % CI

P value

Age (yr)

1.03

0.97–1.08

0.3568

0.99

0.97–1.02

0.5492

BMI (kg/m2)

1.33

1.09–1.62

0.0045

1.08

0.98–1.19

0.132

Sex (female)

0.51

0.23–1.13

0.0976

0.32

0.19–0.52

<.0001

Alcohol consumption (g/day)

1.02

0.94–1.11

0.6112

0.91

0.87–0.95

<.0001

ALT (IU/L)

1.05

1.02–1.08

0.0015

1.06

1.04–1.07

<.0001

Abdominal obesity

0.53

0.15–1.83

0.3146

1.66

0.98–2.82

0.0584

Hypertriglyceridemia

3.25

1.64–6.43

0.0007

1.59

1.07–2.37

0.0225

Low HDL cholesterol

0.37

0.14–0.76

0.0075

1.13

0.75–1.69

0.5648

High BP

1.85

0.91–3.76

0.0906

1.48

0.97–2.27

0.0719

High FPG

2.11

0.85–5.24

0.1092

1.77

1.12–2.80

0.0144

  1. Abbreviations: TE Tae-eum type, SY So-yang type, NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, BMI body mass index, ALT alanine aminotransferase, HDL high density lipoprotein, BP blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose
  2. NAFLD was defined as LAI <5