Research Article
Presence of Fatty Liver and the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Markers of Inflammation
Table 1
Population characteristics (
exact Fisher’s test;
&with 0/1-coding of variables,
for difference between categories).
| | Alcohol intake in [g/day] | 0 | >0–20 | >20–40 | >40–60 | >60 | |
| | 100 | 100 | 100 | 83 | 49 | 0.0001 | | Men, (%), | 33 (33.0) | 44 (44.0) | 70 (70.0) | 73 (88.0) | 45 (91.8) | <0.0001 | | Total: 60,19% | | Fatty liver, (%) | 35 (35.0) | 19 (19.0) | 34 (34.0) | 32 (38.6) | 22 (44.9) | | | Age, years | 41.4 (38.9–43.9) | 42.9 (40.4–45.4) | 43.8 (41.2–46.3) | 45.8 (43.1–48.6) | 40.1 (36.5–43.6) | 0.0753 | | BMI kg/m2 (SD) | 26.4 (6.1) | 24.82 (3.8) | 25.56 (4.0) | 26.34 (3.8) | 26.28 (4.1) | 0.0738 | | Actual smoker, (%) | 30 (30.0) | 31 (31.0) | 38 (38.0) | 37 (44.6) | 25 (51.0) | <0.0001& | | ASA, (%) | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.2) | 3 (6.1) | 0.0924 | | Statin intake, (%) | 7 (7.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.0) | 6 (7.2) | 3 (6.1) | 0.0138 | | No sports, (%) | 48 (48.0) | 32 (32.0) | 31 (31.0) | 31 (37.4) | 16 (32.7) | 0.084 | | Education < 10 years | 47 (47.0) | 37 (37.0) | 47 (47.0) | 42 (50.6) | 30 (61.2) | 0.0681 | | Hypertension, (%) | 16 (16.0) | 12 (12.0) | 11 (11.0) | 24 (28.9) | 9 (18.4) | 0.0302& | | Myocardial infarction, (%) | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (2.4) | 0.3226 |
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