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Table 4 The result of two-piecewise linear regression model

From: Elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase has a non-linear association with incident non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the non-obese Chinese population: a secondary retrospective study

Incident NAFLD

HR (95% CI)

P

Fitting model by standard linear regression

1.010 (1.007–1.012)

<0.001

Fitting model by two-piecewise linear regression

 Inflection point of GGT

  ≤26 U/L

1.104 (1.089–1.120)

<0.001

  > 26 U/L

1.001 (0.999–1.004)

0.3640

  P for log likelihood ratio test

<0.001

  1. We adjusted age, gender, BMI, SBP, DBP, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, ALT, AST, ALP, ALB, GLB, TB, DBIL, BUN, Cr, UA, FBG
  2. CI Confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, GGT γ-glutamyl transpeptidase
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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