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Table 1 Characteristics of 14,251 subjects stratified by NAFLD and gender

From: The value of combining the simple anthropometric obesity parameters, Body Mass Index (BMI) and a Body Shape Index (ABSI), to assess the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

 

Male

  

Female

  

Variables

Non-NAFLD

n = 5382 (72.61%)

NAFLD

n = 2029 (27.39%)

P-value

Non-NAFLD

n = 6362 (93.01%)

NAFLD

n = 478 (6.99%)

P-value

Age, years

43.7 (9.3)

44.1 (8.2)

0.002

42.9 (8.7)

47.6 (8.3)

< 0.001

Height, cm

170.9 (6.0)

170.6 (5.9)

0.084

158.4 (5.4)

157.0 (5.3)

< 0.001

Weight, kg

64.6 (8.3)

74.3 (10.6)

< 0.001

51.9 (7.1)

63.2 (10.0)

< 0.001

TC, mmol/L

5.1 (0.8)

5.4 (0.9)

< 0.001

5.1 (0.9)

5.6 (0.9)

< 0.001

HDL-C, mmol/L

1.3 (0.3)

1.1 (0.3)

< 0.001

1.7 (0.4)

1.4 (0.3)

< 0.001

SBP, mmHg

116.0 (13.2)

124.0 (14.5)

< 0.001

108.4 (13.8)

120.7 (16.0)

< 0.001

FPG, mmol/L

5.3 (0.4)

5.4 (0.3)

< 0.001

5.0 (0.4)

5.3 (0.4)

< 0.001

DBP, mmHg

72.9 (9.3)

78.4 (10.1)

< 0.001

67.0 (9.5)

75.1 (10.2)

< 0.001

HbA1c, %

5.1 (0.3)

5.3 (0.3)

< 0.001

5.2 (0.3)

5.4 (0.3)

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m2

22.1 (2.4)

25.5 (3.0)

< 0.001

20.7 (2.6)

25.6 (3.6)

< 0.001

WC, cm

78.0 (6.8)

86.6 (7.4)

< 0.001

70.8 (7.3)

83.3 (8.9)

< 0.001

ABSI

75.8 (3.3)

76.7 (3.1)

< 0.001

74.8 (4.6)

76.8 (4.5)

< 0.001

ARI

13.1 (0.9)

14.3 (1.0)

< 0.001

12.2 (1.0)

14.0 (1.3)

< 0.001

OBMI+WC

34.4 (3.2)

38.9 (3.8)

< 0.001

31.7 (3.4)

38.3 (4.5)

< 0.001

OBMI+ABSI

32.0 (2.1)

34.9 (2.4)

< 0.001

28.9 (2.3)

33.4 (3.0)

< 0.001

BMI*WC

1714.2 (1507.7-1939.1)

2152.9 (1919.2-2457.9)

< 0.001

1423.8 (1249.1-1645.8)

2070.2 (1795.3-2396.7)

< 0.001

BMI*ABSI

1669.3 (1538.1–1806.0)

1922.5 (1795.9-2082.3)

< 0.001

1518.4 (1390.8-1673.5)

1917.8 (1756.7-2131.4)

< 0.001

ALT, U/L

18.0 (14.0–23.0)

29.0 (22.0–41.0)

< 0.001

13.0 (11.0–17.0)

19.0 (15.0–26.0)

< 0.001

AST, U/L

17.0 (14.0–21.0)

21.0 (17.0–26.0)

< 0.001

16.0 (13.0–19.0)

18.0 (15.0–22.0)

< 0.001

GGT, U/L

17.0 (14.0–24.0)

24.0 (18.0–35.0)

< 0.001

12.0 (9.0–14.0)

15.0 (12.0–20.0)

< 0.001

TG, mmol/L

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

< 0.001

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

< 0.001

Habit of exercise, No. (%)

  

< 0.001

  

0.335

No

4300 (79.9%)

1720 (84.8%)

 

5351 (84.1%)

410 (85.8%)

 

Yes

1082 (20.1%)

309 (15.2%)

 

1011 (15.9%)

68 (14.2%)

 

Drinking status, No. (%)

  

< 0.001

  

0.004

Non or small

3731 (69.3%)

1623 (80.0%)

 

5986 (94.1%)

465 (97.3%)

 

Light

1096 (20.4%)

273 (13.5%)

 

376 (5.9%)

13 (2.7%)

 

Moderate

555 (10.3%)

133 (6.6%)

  

Smoking status, No. (%)

  

0.067

  

0.664

Non

1952 (36.3%)

758 (37.4%)

 

5609 (88.2%)

427 (89.3%)

 

Past

1538 (28.6%)

615 (30.3%)

 

382 (6.0%)

24 (5.0%)

 

Current

1892 (35.2%)

656 (32.3%)

 

371 (5.8%)

27 (5.6%)

 
  1. Values were expressed as mean (standard deviation) or medians (quartile interval) or n (%). Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; GGT: gamma-glutamyl transferase; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; NAFLD: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; ABSI: A body shape index; OBMI+ABSI: Optimal proportional combination of BMI and ABSI; OBMI+WC: Optimal proportional combination of BMI and WC; ARI: Anthropometric risk index
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