Table 4 Association between cardiovascular health metrics at baseline examination and the risk of developing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease after 5Â years
Cardiovascular health metrics | NAFLD diagnosed by fatty liver index | NAFLD diagnosed by liver-to-spleen ratio | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of people | No. (%) of people with NAFLD | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | No. of people | No. (%) of people with NAFLD | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
Category (score) | ||||||||
 Poor (0–6) | 16 | 3 (18.8) | 1.58 (0.41–6.08) | 2.20 (0.50–9.72) | 27 | 6 (22.2) | 7.43 (2.19–25.16) | 4.83 (1.14–20.43) |
 Intermediate (7–9) | 141 | 18 (12.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 162 | 6 (3.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 Ideal (10–12) | 151 | 7 (4.6) | 0.33 (0.13–0.82) | 0.28 (0.11–0.74) | 146 | 8 (5.5) | 1.51 (0.51–4.45) | 3.12 (0.87–11.20) |
Continuous score | ||||||||
 Per 1 | 308 | 28 (9.1) | 0.76 (0.61–0.95) | 0.71 (0.55–0.92) | 335 | 20 (6.0) | 0.75 (0.59–0.96) | 0.95 (0.71–1.27) |