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

Table 5

Baseline characteristics between people who had liver fibrosis and those who did not using a cutoff value of 8.2 kPa.

	≥8.2 kPa	<8.2 kPa	value
Age (median, 95% CI)	55 years (44–57)	48 years (46–51)	<0.001
Body mass index (median, 95% CI)	36 (35–37)	27.5 (27-28)	<0.001
Metabolic energy expenditure (median, 95% CI)	1080 kcal/week (720–1440)	1920 kcal/week (1680–1987)	0.21
Hemoglobin A1c (median, 95% CI)	5.8 (5.7–5.9)	5.4 (5.4-5.4)	<0.001
Triglyceride (median, 95% CI)	105 mg/dL (99–117)	85 mg/dL (81–89)	0.011
LDL (median, 95% CI)	109 mg/dL (92–119)	105 mg/dL (101–109)	0.724
Females (proportions, 95% CI)	0.41 (0.36–0.47)	0.51 (0.49–0.54)	0.005
Alcohol intake	8 (7–9)	7 (6-7)	0.033
Hypertension (proportions, 95% CI)	0.27 (0.22–0.33)	0.16 (0.14–0.18)	<0.01