Serum uric acid and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in non-obesity Chinese adults

Table 1 Demographic and laboratory variables of the studied adults

N (%)	Non-NAFLD 84421 (91.84)	NAFLD 7503 (8.16)		P-value
N (%)	Non-NAFLD 84421 (91.84)	Mild 6967 (7.58)	Moderate and severe 536 (0.58)	P-value
Male (%)	49.31	77.22	86.61	< 0.001
Age(y)	42.94 ± 14.44	47.27 ± 1.46	44.98 ± 12.82	< 0.001
BMI (Kg/m²)	23.43 ± 1.27	23.94 ± 0.91	24.08 ± 0.81	< 0.001
Waist (cm)	77.11 ± 8.37	87.30 ± 7.30	91.85 ± 7.50	< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)	118.85 ± 18.07	130.58 ± 18.86^a	134.73 ± 17.99^b	< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)	73.12 ± 11.47	80.79 ± 12.01^a	84.68 ± 12.19^b	< 0.001
TC (mmol/L)	4.77 ± 0.90	5.14 ± 0.98^a	5.24 ± 1.01^b	< 0.001
TG (mmol/L)	1.29 ± 0.98	2.35 ± 1.99^a	2.96 ± 2.49^b	< 0.001
HDL-c(mmol/L)	1.53 ± 0.37	1.26 ± 0.31^a	1.17 ± 0.28^b	< 0.001
LDL-c(mmol/L)	2.77 ± 0.78	3.11 ± 0.82^a	3.15 ± 0.84^b	< 0.001
ALT(U/L)	16.00 (12,23)	26 (19,38) ^a	39 (27,58) ^b	< 0.001
AST(U/L)	20.00 (17,24)	23 (19,28)	27 (22,35)	< 0.001
SUA (μmol/L)	318.70 ± 80.52	378.79 ± 87.80^a	409.08 ± 92.30^b	< 0.001
Male	378.5 ± 75.5	411.95 ± 83.71^a	439.43 ± 89.13^b	< 0.001
Female	278.11 ± 58.74	320.59 ± 70.30^a	350.26 ± 82.18^b	< 0.001

Abbreviations: ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HDL-c high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-c low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, SBP systolic blood pressure, SUA serum uric acid, TC total cholesterol, TG triacylglycerol
^a means P < 0.05 compared with Non-NAFLD, after adjusted for age, BMI, and waist
^b means P < 0.05 compared with mild fatty liver, after adjusted for age, BMI, and waist

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