Table 3

NAFLD ORs adjusting for sex, domicile, BMI category (with normal weight as baseline), diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Variables were mutually adjusted for each other with baseline categories being those variables presented

VariableUnadjusted OR (95% CI, p value)Adjusted OR (95% CI, p value)
Male sex1.75 (1.46 to 2.09, p<0.001)2.22 (1.82 to 2.72, p<0.001)
Urban domicile1.60 (1.35 to 1.91, p<0.001)1.21 (1.00 to 1.46, p=0.048)
BMI
 Underweight <18.5 kg/m2 0.12 (0.04 to 0.34, p<0.001)0.14 (0.05 to 0.41, p<0.001)
 Overweight 23–24.9 kg/m2 1.79 (1.36 to 2.34, p<0.001)1.78 (1.34 to 2.35, p<0.001)
 Obese >25 kg/m2 3.25 (2.58 to 4.10, p<0.001)3.27 (2.57 to 4.16, p<0.001)
Diabetes2.27 (1.85 to 2.79, p<0.001)1.63 (1.28 to 2.07, p<0.001)
Metabolic syndrome2.26 (1.86 to 2.74, p<0.001)1.62 (1.29 to 2.07, p<0.001)
  • BMI, body mass index; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.