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Table 2 Baseline Characteristics in Four Groups According to AIP Quartile among Total Population

From: Atherogenic index of plasma is a novel and strong predictor associated with fatty liver: a cross-sectional study in the Chinese Han population

 

Quartile 1

(−∞, − 0.2109]

Quartile 2

[− 0.2105, − 0.0147]

Quartile 3

[− 0.0144, 0.2081]

Quartile 4

[0.2083, +∞]

P value

Number

1961

1958

1960

1959

 

Male, n(%)

493 (25.14%)

896 (45.76%)

1176 (60%)

1503 (76.72%)

< 0.01

Age, years

40.33 ± 12.88

43.28 ± 13.86

46.09 ± 13.74

46.32 ± 12.68

< 0.01

Body Mass Index (BMI), kg/(m2)

21.68 ± 2.68

23.36 ± 3.12

24.80 ± 3.16

26.25 ± 3.29

< 0.01

Waist, cm

75.86 ± 7.78

81.41 ± 8.92

86.09 ± 8.69

90.41 ± 8.43

< 0.01

Systolic blood pressure (SBP), mmHg

119.27 ± 17.27

124.84 ± 18.47

128.53 ± 132.84

132.84 ± 19.20

< 0.01

Diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mmHg

71.59 ± 10.75

74.45 ± 11.32

76.96 ± 11.81

80.57 ± 11.63

< 0.01

Blood glucose (BG), mmol/l

5.16 ± 0.76

5.32 ± 0.88

5.48 ± 1.14

5.75 ± 1.50

< 0.01

Glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (ALT), U/L

15.92 ± 13.78

19.84 ± 16.01

23.67 ± 19.25

32.57 ± 26.22

< 0.01

Glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase (AST), U/L

20.04 ± 7.84

21.51 ± 10.19

22.57 ± 10.25

25.96 ± 13.22

< 0.01

  1. Note: Variables are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation