Research Article

Effects of Metabolism-Related Indicators on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Nonobese Population Based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population by nonobese NAFLD status.

VariablesTotalNon-NAFLDNAFLD value

N904788 (87.16%)116 (12.83%)
Age (years)42.85 ± 0.8641.27 ± 0.8857.70 ± 1.59<0.001
BMI (Kg/m2)22.07 ± 0.0821.96 ± 0.0823.06 ± 0.18<0.001
WHR0.86 ± 0.010.85 ± 0.010.92 ± 0.01<0.001
SBP (mmHg)117.49 ± 0.84116.76 ± 0.83124.39 ± 1.82<0.001
DBP (mmHg)69.48 ± 0.5269.18 ± 0.5472.23 ± 0.82<0.001
Comorbidity
Hypertension<0.001
Yes738666 (80.04%)72 (5.94%)
No166122 (10.35%)44 (3.66%)
T2DM<0.001
Yes845752 (88.59%)93 (7.81%)
No5936 (1.80%)23 (1.78%)
TC (mg/dl)182.09 ± 2.08180.60 ± 2.45196.17 ± 6.52<0.001
HDL-c (mg/dl)61.73 ± 0.7761.63 ± 0.8462.75 ± 2.65<0.001
TG (mg/dl)98.25 ± 2.3893.54 ± 2.15142.56 ± 12.31<0.001
HbA1c (%)5.38 ± 0.035.32 ± 0.015.98 ± 0.19<0.001
Uric acid (μmol/L)278.67 ± 3.50274.80 ± 3.34315.19 ± 10.20<0.001

Weighted mean ± SE for continuous variables or n and weighted proportion for categorical variables. BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TG, triglyceride; TC, total cholesterol; BMI, body mass index; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.