Obesity and metabolic abnormalities as risks of alcoholic fatty liver in men: NAGALA study

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 3 Adjusted Cox proportional hazards models for development of AFLD

	aHR (95% CI) ^a	P value	aHR (95% CI) ^b	P value
Incident AFLD	Model 1		Model 2
Age (1 year)	1.01 (0.99–1.03)	0.18	1.03 (1.01–1.05)	0.0072
BMI (1 kg/m²)	1.2 (1.12–1.28)	< 0.0001	1.21 (1.14–1.29)	< 0.0001
High blood pressure	1.18 (0.85–1.65)	0.32	1.3 (0.93–1.82)	0.12
High blood glucose	1.04 (0.75–1.44)	0.8	1.11 (0.8–1.54)	0.53
High triglycerides	1.56 (1.12–2.18)	0.0093	1.71 (1.22–2.38)	0.0016
Low HDL cholesterol	1.52 (1.03–2.25)	0.034	1.41 (0.96–2.07)	0.076
Never smoker	Ref		Ref
Ex smoker	1.6 (0.86–3.26)	0.14	1.38 (0.74–2.82)	0.32
Current smoker	1.61 (0.9–3.18)	0.11	1.28 (0.71–2.55)	0.42
Alcohol consumption (1 g/week)	1.00 (1.00–1.00)	0.98	1.00 (1.00–1.00)	0.91
Body weight gain (1 kg)			1.12 (1.08–1.17)	< 0.0001

BMI body mass index, HDL high-density lipoprotein, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval
^aData adjusted for age, BMI, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, smoking status, alcohol consumption
^bData adjusted for age, BMI, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, smoking status, alcohol consumption, body weight gain

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