Table 1 Characteristics of the 13,737 subjects (6,318 females and 7,419 males) focusing on the presence of fatty liver disease (FLD) and its association with 19 continuous variables

Age (years old)

50.3 ± 7.9

46.9 ± 8.6

<0.0001*

48.7 ± 8.4

48.1 ± 9.5

0.0012*

Height (cm)

157.3 ± 5.6

158.2 ± 5.4

<0.0001*

170.8 ± 5.8

171.0 ± 5.9

0.0717

Weight (kg)

61.8 ± 9.6

51.4 ± 6.2

<0.0001*

72.8 ± 9.7

64.6 ± 7.8

<0.0001*

BMI (kg/m²)

25.0 ± 3.6

20.5 ± 2.2

<0.0001*

24.9 ± 2.8

22.1 ± 2.2

<0.0001*

AST (IU/l)

21.2 ± 8.9

19.0 ± 5.4

<0.0001*

24.6 ± 10.0

21.3 ± 17.1

<0.0001*

ALT (IU/l)

23.0 ± 16.7

16.0 ± 7.6

<0.0001*

33.5 ± 22.6

21.6 ± 15.9

<0.0001*

GGT (IU/l)

28.3 ± 27.8

19.3 ± 17.3

<0.0001*

55.6 ± 58.2

38.8 ± 38.3

<0.0001*

T-Bil (mg/dl)

0.71 ± 0.27

0.76 ± 0.27

<0.0001*

0.87 ± 0.35

0.90 ± 0.37

0.0045*

ALB (g/dl)

4.26 ± 0.21

4.25 ± 0.21

0.1028

4.40 ± 0.22

4.36 ± 0.22

<0.0001*

PLT (10⁴/μl)

26.1 ± 5.9

23.7 ± 5.4

<0.0001*

23.9 ± 4.9

22.9 ± 4.7

<0.0001*

TC (mg/dl)

214.0 ± 34.1

198.8 ± 33.0

<0.0001*

207.7 ± 32.5

195.4 ± 30.5

<0.0001*

HDL-C (mg/dl)

64.7 ± 14.2

75.8 ± 15.4

<0.0001*

54.1 ± 12.7

63.8 ± 15.2

<0.0001*

LDL-C (mg/dl)

135.0 ± 32.3

114.2 ± 29.9

<0.0001*

134.8 ± 30.2

119.4 ± 28.9

<0.0001*

TG (mg/dl)

107.2 ± 80.8

68.2 ± 32.0

<0.0001*

151.3 ± 97.6

98.7 ± 62.6

<0.0001*

HbA1c (%)

5.52 ± 0.56

5.30 ± 0.33

<0.0001*

5.50 ± 0.62

5.29 ± 0.37

<0.0001*

FBS (mg/dl)

94.9 ± 15.2

88.3 ± 8.5

<0.0001*

100.1 ± 16.4

94.1 ± 10.0

<0.0001*

SBP (mmHg)

118.8 ± 16.5

107.7 ± 14.5

<0.0001*

121.4 ± 15.0

115.4 ± 14.7

<0.0001*

DBP (mmHg)

73.9 ± 10.5

67.2 ± 9.6

<0.0001*

77.0 ± 10.1

73.0 ± 9.8

<0.0001*

Waist (cm)

87.2 ± 8.6

75.7 ± 6.5

<0.0001*

87.4 ± 7.1

79.8 ± 6.4

<0.0001*