Association and Prediction of Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Asymptomatic Patients

Table 3

Summary of the regression analysis of the correlation between coronary stenosis and NAFLD by sex.

		Model 1				Model 2
		OR (95% CI)		value	for trend	OR (95% CI)		value	for trend
Men	Grade 0	1	(Reference)	—	—	1	(Reference)	—	—
	Grade 1	1.69	(1.15∼2.58)	0.011	<0.001	1.36	(0.88–2.10)	0.170	0.317
	Grade 2	1.98	(1.33∼2.96)	0.001		1.29	(0.81–2.05)	0.278
	Grade 3	3.45	(1.52∼7.84)	0.003		2.07	(0.84–5.08)	0.112
Women	Grade 0	1	(Reference)	—	—	1	(Reference)	—	—
	Grade 1	3.21	(1.80–5.73)	<0.001	0.001	2.61	(1.42–4.81)	0.002	0.017
	Grade 2	3.28	(1.76–6.12)	<0.001		2.27	(1.13–4.53)	0.020
	Grade 3	5.29	(1.43–19.52)	0.012		2.66	(0.64–11.10)	0.179

NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Model 1 included age. Model 2 included BMI, HbA1c, and Framingham risk factors (total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, SBP, hypertension status, and smoking status) in addition to the variables addressed in Model 1.