Associations between White Blood Cell Count and the Development of Incidental Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Table 2

Age- and sex-adjusted multivariate analyses of the risk of developing incidental NAFLD at 5 years after the baseline examination according to white blood cell quartiles.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Women
Model 1	1 (ref)	2.09	2.13	2.05
Model 2	1 (ref)	1.76	1.82	2.44
Model 3	1 (ref)	1.51 (0.90–2.55)	1.40 (0.82–2.37)	1.85
Men
Model 1	1 (ref)	1.44 (0.97–2.14)	1.96	2.57
Model 2	1 (ref)	1.33 (0.88–2.03)	1.54	2.42
Model 3	1 (ref)	1.15 (0.75–1.77)	1.23 (0.80–1.89)	1.68

Mode 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusting for age and body mass index. Model 3: adjusting for age, body mass index, hypertension, smoking, glucose, HDL cholesterol, and triglyceride.
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NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; HDL: high density lipoprotein.