Waist-to-height ratio, an optimal anthropometric indicator for metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease in the Western Chinese male population

Table 4 Spearman rank correlation analysis of anthropometric indicators and sex hormones in MAFLD Population (n = 515)

Variable	SHBG		FSH		LH		E2		TT		HOMA-IR		HOMA-β
Variable	R-value	P-value	R-value	P-value	R-value	P-value	R-value	P-value	R-value	P-value	R-value	P-value	R-value	P-value
BMI	−0.173	< 0.001	−0.017	0.707	−0.052	0.243	0.133	0.003	−0.212	< 0.001	0.420	< 0.001	0.332	< 0.001
WHtR	−0.083	0.061	0.132	0.003	0.041	0.358	0.100	0.023	− 0.214	< 0.001	0.401	< 0.001	0.294	< 0.001
WHR	−0.045	0.307	0.209	< 0.001	0.105	0.018	−0.022	0.612	−0.187	< 0.001	0.302	< 0.001	0.164	< 0.001
BAI	−0.070	0.112	−0.021	0.631	−0.049	0.269	0.120	0.006	−0.128	0.004	0.246	< 0.001	0.244	< 0.001
CMI	−0.264	< 0.001	−0.043	0.327	−0.028	0.522	−0.062	0.159	−0.279	< 0.001	0.334	< 0.001	0.217	< 0.001
LAP	−0.274	< 0.001	0.007	0.869	−0.033	0.455	−0.064	0.147	−0.324	< 0.001	0.431	< 0.001	0.247	< 0.001
VAI	−0.278	< 0.001	− 0.072	0.101	− 0.049	0.265	− 0.055	0.211	− 0.273	< 0.001	0.323	< 0.001	0.210	< 0.001
AVI	−0.119	0.007	0.100	0.023	0.002	0.958	0.127	0.004	−0.223	< 0.001	0.423	< 0.001	0.306	< 0.001

Abbreviations: MAFLD Metabolic-dysfunction associated fatty liver disease, BMI Body mass index, WHtR Waist to height ratio, WHR Waist to hip ratio, BAI Body adiposity index, CMI Cardiometabolic index, LAP Lipid accumulation product, VAI Visceral adiposity index, AVI Abdominal volume index, SHBG Sex hormone-binding globulin, FSH Follicle stimulating hormone, LH Luteinizing hormone, E2 Estradiol, TT Testosterone, HOMA Homeostatic model assessment. P < 0.05 was accepted statistically significant

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