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Table 2 Sociodemographic variables between children with NAFLD and controls

From: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its associations among adolescents in an urban, Sri Lankan community

Demographic variable

NAFLD (N = 42)

Number (%)

Controls (N = 373)

Number (%)

p value

Family income (SLR)

  < 10,000

3 (12.5)

37 (9.9)

 

 10,000–24,999

14 (33.3)

145 (39.1)

0.58

 25,000–49,999

17 (40.5)

146 (39.1)

 

  > 50,000

8 (19.0)

45 (12.3)

 

Maternal Education

 Primary or less

6 (14,3)

42 (10.9)

 

 Up to O/L

24 (57.1)

248 (66.4)

0.39

 Up to A/L

11 (26.2)

66 (17.7)

 

 Graduates

1(2.4)

17 (4.2)

 

Paternal Education

 Primary or less

4 (9.5)

37 (9.9)

 

 Up to Grade 10

23 (54.8)

249 (66.7)

0.59

 Up to Grade 12

11 (26.2)

66 (17.4)

 

 Graduates

3 (7.1)

21 (5.6)

 

Period of Gestationa

  < 37 weeks

18 (42.9)

133 (35.5)

0.66

  > 37 weeks

23(54.8)

216 (57.9.3)

 

Breast feedinga

  < 4 months

14 (33.3)

64 (17.1)

 

 4–5 months

12 (28.6)

182 (48.8)

0.02

 5–6 months

10 (23.8)

87 (23.3)

 

  > 6 months

3 (7.1)

17 (4.6)

 

Birth ordera

 First in the family

20 (47.6)

167 (44.8)

 

 Second in the family

18 (42.9)

133 (36.2)

0.50

 Third or higher

00 (0.0)

58 (15.8)

 
  1. a missing data, SLR Sri Lankan Rupees