Prediction of Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis Based on Clinical Variables Using a Large National Survey Database

Table 3

Baseline characteristics between people who had liver steatosis and those who did not using a cutoff value of 294 dB/m.

	≥294 dB/m	<294 dB/m	value
Age (median, 95% CI)	52 years (49–54)	26 years (25-26)	<0.001
Body mass index (median, 95% CI)	34 (33-34)	24.5 (23.6–26.1)	<0.001
Metabolic energy expenditure (median, 95% CI)	1440 kcal/week (1184–1680)	1960 kcal/week (1820–2258)	<0.001
Hemoglobin A1c (median, 95% CI)	5.7 (5.7-5.8)	5.4 (5.3-5.4)	<0.001
Triglyceride (median, 95% CI)	117 mg/dL (109–128)	75 mg/dL (71–78)	<0.001
LDL (median, 95% CI)	113 mg/dL (104–119)	104 mg/dL (100–106)	0.026
Females (proportions, 95% CI)	41 (38–44)	54 (52–56)
Alcohol intake	7 (7-8)	7 (6-7)	0.08
Hypertension (proportions, 95% CI)	0.25 (0.22–0.29)	0.13 (0.11–0.16)	<0.001