Research Article

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 4

Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis for incident nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

CharacteristicsUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

High Cr/BW ratio0.866 (0.755-0.993)0.0390.803 (0.630-1.025)0.078
Age1.007 (1.003-1.012)0.0021.008 (1.002-1.014)0.007
Male1.107 (0.967-1.267)0.1410.744 (0.625-0.885)0.001
BMI1.927 (1.842-2.016)<0.0011.571 (1.473-1.677)<0.001
SBP1.026 (1.022-1.029)<0.0010.988 (0.981-0.996)0.002
DBP1.048 (1.042-1.054)<0.0011.025 (1.013-1.036)<0.001
ALP1.012 (1.010-1.015)<0.0011.004 (1.001-1.008)0.023
GGT1.007 (1.006-1.008)<0.0011.001 (0.999-1.003)0.176
ALT1.007 (1.006-1.009)<0.0010.981 (0.962-1.000)0.046
AST1.012 (1.007-1.018)<0.0010.977 (0.968-0.985)<0.001
ALB0.972 (0.946-0.998)0.0351.024 (0.989-1.060)0.184
GLB1.021 (1.002-1.039)0.0291.008 (0.987-1.030)0.435
TB0.987 (0.972-1.003)0.1230.978 (0.960-0.996)0.018
BUN0.990 (0.938-1.046)0.731ā€”ā€”
Cr1.029 (1.026-1.033)<0.0011.003 (0.944-1.011)0.544
UA1.005 (1.004-1.006)<0.0011.000 (0.999-1.001)0.788
FPG1.322 (1.276-1.370)<0.0011.229 (1.137-1.329)<0.001
TC1.408 (1.229-1.612)<0.0010.632 (0.436-0.915)0.015
TG8.312 (6.736-10.257)<0.0012.341 (1.699-3.225)<0.001
HDL-C0.252 (0.195-10.326)<0.0010.641 (0.403-1.020)0.060
LDL-C3.309 (2.760-3.967)<0.0012.755 (1.741-4.358)<0.001

Note: BUN was not included into multivariate analysis for the value more than 0.2 in the univariate Cox analysis.