From: Predicting incident fatty liver using simple cardio-metabolic risk factors at baseline
 | Baseline fatty liver status (a) | Follow up fatty liver status (b) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Absent | Present | (a) | Absent | Present | (b) |
 |  |  | p value |  |  | p value |
n | 2589 | 988 | Â | 2159 | 430 | Â |
Age (y) | 46.27 ± 8.51 | 48.08 ± 8.69 | <0.0001 | 46.06 ± 8.57 | 47.32 ± 8.11 | 0.005 |
% Men | 1305(50.4%) | 800(81.0%) | <0.0001 | 999 (46.3%) | 306 (71.2%) | <0.0001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 22.94 ± 2.58 | 26.10 ± 2.42 | <0.0001 | 22.66 ± 2.53 | 24.33 ± 2.32 | <0.0001 |
Waist | 77.00 ± 8.44 | 87.52 ± 6.68 | <0.0001 | 75.93 ± 8.25 | 82.36 ± 7.22 | <0.0001 |
Exercise | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
None | 817(31.5%) | 270(27.3%) | .002 | 689 (31.9%) | 128 (29.8%) | 0.81 |
≤1time/week | 359(13.9%) | 183(18.5%) |  | 297 (13.8%) | 62 (14.4%) |  |
>1time/week | 1413(54.6%) | 535(54.1%) | Â | 1173 (54.3%) | 240 (55.8%) | Â |
% Smoker | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Never | 1821(70.3%) | 490(49.6%) | <0.0001 | 1581 (73.2%) | 240 (55.8%) | <0.0001 |
Past | 293(11.3%) | 238(24.1%) | Â | 215 (10.0%) | 78 (18.1%) | Â |
Current | 475(18.3%) | 260(26.3%) | Â | 363 (16.8%) | 112 (26.0%) | Â |
Alcohol (gm/day) | 5.81 ± 7.07 | 7.68 ± 7.53 | <0.0001 | 5.37 ± 6.82 | 8.01 ± 7.84 | <0.0001 |
SBP (mmHg) | 115.23 ± 13.82 | 112.39 ± 15.00 | <0.0001 | 114.60 ± 13.49 | 118.36 ± 14.97 | <0.0001 |
DBP (mmHg) | 74.64 ± 9.89 | 80.08 ± 10.08 | <0.0001 | 74.06 ± 9.71 | 77.53 ± 10.25 | <0.0001 |
Triglyceride (mmol/L) Median [IQR] | 1.10 [0.80,1.51] | 1.80 [1.33,2.44] | <0.0001 | 1.04 [0.77,1.41] | 1.38 [1.04,1.91] | <0.0001 |
HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.54 ± 0.30 | 1.40 ± 0.23 | <0.0001 | 1.56 ± 0.31 | 1.47 ± 0.27 | <0.0001 |
HsCRP (mg/L) | 0.82 ± 1.43 | 1.38 ± 1.75 | <0.0001 | 0.77 ± 1.40 | 1.03 ± 1.58 | <0.0001 |
Platelets (109/L) | 246.14 ± 53.10 | 235.32 ± 50.57 | <0.0001 | 244.73 ± 52.63 | 253.16 ± 54.90 | 0.003 |
Albumin (g/L) | 45.6 ± 2.4 | 46.7 ± 2.5 | <0.0001 | 45.4 ± 3.0 | 45.9 ± .2.3 | <0.0001 |
ALT (U/L) | 21.44 ± 15.19 | 38.39 ± 22.02 | <0.0001 | 20.38 ± 11.67 | 26.69 ± 25.95 | <0.0001 |
AST (U/L) | 22.14 ± 7.11 | 27.99 ± 10.87 | <0.0001 | 21.87 ± 6.93 | 23.46 ± 7.83 | <0.0001 |
AST/ALT ratio | 1.17 ± 0.36 | 0.82 ± 0.27 | <0.0001 | 1.19 ± 0.36 | 1.03 ± 0.33 | <0.0001 |
AST/platelet index | 9.46 ± 3.97 | 11.62 ± 5.81 | <0.0001 | 9.38 ± 3.74 | 9.86 ± 4.95 | 0.06 |
Fasting Glucose (mmol/L) | 5.10 ± 0.66 | 5.55 ± 1.13 | <0.0001 | 5.06 ± 0.56 | 5.26 ± 1.01 | <0.0001 |
Fasting Insulin (pmol/L) | 59.48 ± 18.65 | 75.39 ± 27.89 | <0.0001 | 58.91 ± 18.18 | 62.28 ± 20.64 | 0.002 |
HOMA-IR | 1.95 ± 0.69 | 2.69 ± 1.16 | <0.0001 | 1.92 ± 0.66 | 2.10 ± 0.81 | <0.0001 |
MetS, n (%) | 135 (5.2%) | 293 (29.7%) | <0.0001 | 92 (4.3%) | 43 (10.0%) | <0.0001 |