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Table 2 Characteristics of drinkers according to the quartiles of serum ALT levels

From: The relationship of serum alanine aminotransferase normal-range levels to arterial stiffness and metabolic syndrome in non-drinkers and drinkers: a Chinese community-based analysis

Characteristics

Quartile 1

≤10 U/L

(n = 57)

Quartile 2

11-20 U/L

(n = 364)

Quartile 3

21-30 U/L

(n = 187)

Quartile 4

31-40 U/L

(n = 79)

P-value

Age (year)

36(31–57)

43(32–58)

40(31–54)

40(32–54)

0.331

Males (%)

45(78.9)

337(92.6)

180(96.3)

77(97.5)

<0.001

Central obesity (%)

19(33.3)

212(58.2)

133(71.1)

61(77.2)

<0.001

WC (cm)

80(72–87)

86(80–91)

89(84–93)

88(85–95)

<0.001

Hypertension (%)

9(15.8)

101(27.7)

48(25.7)

23(29.1)

0.262

DM (%)

3(5.3)

21(5.8)

10(5.3)

11(13.9)

0.093

SBP (mmHg)

118(111–127)

123(116–135)

125(115–134)

123(117–137)

0.011

DBP (mmHg)

71(67–78)

76(70–81)

77(71–84)

77(71–85)

0.002

High blood pressure (%)

15(26.3)

138(37.9)

77(41.2)

35(44.3)

0.150

TG (mmol/L)

0.93(0.75-1.24)

1.28(0.93-1.74)

1.69(1.14-2.37)

1.74(1.25-2.67)

<0.001

High TG (%)

4(7.0)

99(27.2)

91(48.7)

45(57.0)

<0.001

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.55(1.36-1.78)

1.35(1.14-1.56)

1.27(1.08-1.48)

1.25(1.01-1.49)

<0.001

Low HDL-c (%)

1(1.8)

44(12.1)

35(18.7)

18(22.8)

0.001

FBG (mmol/L)

4.76(4.40-5.12)

4.85(4.54-5.12)

4.98(4.61-5.27)

4.95(4.52-5.30)

0.030

High blood glucose (%)

5(8.8)

40(11.0)

25(13.4)

17(21.5)

0.060

Mets (%)

3(5.3)

73(20.1)

55(29.4)

35(44.3)

<0.001

cfPWV (m/s)

9.4(8.5-11.4)

9.7(8.7-11.3)

9.5(8.7-10.7)

9.9(8.8-11.2)

0.516

cfPWV > 10 m/s

21(36.8)

166(45.6)

68(36.4)

35(44.3)

0.161

  1. Abbreviations: ALT alanine aminotransferase, WC waist circumference, DM diabetes mellitus, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TG triglyceride, HDL-c high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, FBG fasting blood glucose, Mets metabolic syndrome, cfPWV carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity