No Evidence for a Causal Link between Serum Uric Acid and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease from the Dongfeng-Tongji Cohort Study

Figure 2

Comparison of observed and expected association of variant rs11722228 and/or rs2231142 with NAFLD. ORs with corresponding 95% CIs refer to a 59.5 μmol/l (1 mg/dl) increase in SUA levels. Diamond indicates overall OR; horizontal lines indicate 95% CIs. ^aAdjusted for age (continuous); sex (male and female); BMI (continuous) plus smoking (never/quit/currently smoking); drinking (never/quit/currently drinking); physical activity (yes/no); ALT, FPG, and Cre concentrations; and prevalence of diabetes, CHD, and hypertension (yes/no). value for difference between expected and observed association with NAFLD.