Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 6 Association between non-alcoholic fatty liver and elevated lipid concentrations

From: Fasting time and lipid parameters: association with hepatic steatosis — data from a random population sample

	Women		Men
	OR (95%-CI)	p	OR (95%-CI)	p
Total cholesterol
NAFLD	1.208 (0.647 - 2.257)	0.5530	1.680 (1.058 - 2.669)	0.0278*
No NAFLD	Ref.	-	Ref.	-
LDL cholesterol
NAFLD	0.835 (0.453 - 1.540)	0.5634	1.309 (0.828 - 2.072)	0.2494
No NAFLD	Ref.	-	Ref.	-
HDL cholesterol
NAFLD	2.207 (0.879 - 5.542)	0.0503	1.407 (0.805 - 2.459)	0.2310
No NAFLD	Ref.	-	Ref.	-
Triglycerides
NAFLD	1.515 (0.784 - 2.926)	0.2166	2.350 (1.500 - 3.682)	0.0002*
No NAFLD	Ref.	-	Ref.	-

95%-CI = 95% confidence interval, h = hours, HDL cholesterol = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL cholesterol = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, NAFLD = non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, OR = odds ratio, Ref. = reference range. *Significant association (p < 0.05).

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