A Low Creatinine to Body Weight Ratio Predicts the Incident Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Nonelderly Chinese without Obesity and Dyslipidemia: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of 9756 participants.

Characteristics	All participants	Cr/BW ratio		value
		Low (≤1.32)	High (>1.32)
Number (%)	9756	4854 (50)	4902 (50)	—
Age (years)				<0.001
Male, (%)	5011 (51.4)	2382 (49.1)	2629 (53.6)	<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)				<0.001
Body weight (kg)				<0.001
SBP (mmHg)				<0.001
DBP (mmHg)				0.004
ALP (U/L)				<0.001
GGT (U/L)	19.00 (15.00-27.00)	18.00 (15.00-25.00)	20.00 (16.00-28.00)	<0.001
ALT (U/L)	15.00 (12.00-21.00)	15.00 (11.00-21.00)	15.00 (12.00-21.00)	0.170
AST (U/L)				<0.001
ALB (g/L)				0.006
GLB (g/L)				0.300
TB (μmol/L)				<0.001
BUN (mmol/L)				<0.001
Cr (mmol/L)				<0.001
UA (μmol/L)				<0.001
FPG (mmol/L)				<0.001
TC (mmol/L)				0.012
TG (mmol/L)				<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)				<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)				0.113
NAFLD (%)	844 (8.7)	478 (9.8)	366 (7.5)	<0.001

Note: continuous variables were presented as or median (interquartile range), and categorical variables were presented as number (percentage). Abbreviations: Cr/BW = serum creatinine/body weight; BMI = body mass index; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; ALP = alkaline phosphatase; GGT = gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALB = albumin; GLB = globulin; TB = total bilirubin; BUN = blood urea nitrogen; Cr = serum creatinine; UA = uric acid; FPG = fasting plasma glucose; TC = total cholesterol; TG = triglyceride; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NAFLD = nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.