Table 5 Baseline characteristics of NAFLD patients in Q4 group of RC/HDL-C ratio

No. of patients

184

1368

Age, years

50.00 (42.00–54.00)

43.00 (38.00–50.00)

< 0.001

Weight, kg

64.74 (10.07)

75.47 (10.46)

< 0.001

Height, cm

156.77 (5.03)

170.64 (5.93)

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m²

26.31 (3.60)

25.87 (2.95)

0.070

WC, cm

84.79 (9.21)

87.54 (7.10)

< 0.001

ALT, U/L

21.50 (16.00–29.00)

31.00 (23.00–44.00)

< 0.001

AST, U/L

19.00 (16.00–22.00)

21.50 (17.00–27.00)

< 0.001

GGT, U/L

16.00 (13.00–21.00)

26.00 (19.00–37.00)

< 0.001

HDL-C, mmol/L

1.13 (0.18)

1.03 (0.18)

< 0.001

Non-HDL-C, mmol/L

4.73 (4.21–5.30)

4.52 (4.04–5.03)

< 0.001

TC, mmol/L

5.91 (0.88)

5.59 (0.83)

< 0.001

LDL-C, mmol/L

3.85 (3.47–4.35)

3.67 (3.20–4.13)

< 0.001

TG, mmol/L

1.48 (1.21–1.92)

1.60 (1.25–2.16)

0.043

RC, mmol/L

0.81 (0.74–0.95)

0.83 (0.71–0.98)

0.725

RC/HDL-C ratio

0.70 (0.61–0.86)

0.78 (0.65-1.00)

< 0.001

FPG, mmol/L

5.35 (0.37)

5.43 (0.35)

0.003

HbA1c, %

5.46 (0.32)

5.28 (0.34)

< 0.001

SBP, mmHg

124.58 (18.16)

124.67 (14.42)

0.937

DBP, mmHg

77.37 (11.08)

79.08 (10.01)

0.032

Habit of exercise

24 (13.04%)

185 (13.52%)

0.858

Drinking status

< 0.001

 Non or small

179 (97.28%)

1110 (81.14%)

 Light

5 (2.72%)

177 (12.94%)

 Moderate

0 (0.00%)

81 (5.92%)

Smoking status

< 0.001

 Non

157 (85.33%)

485 (35.45%)

 Past

9 (4.89%)

391 (28.58%)

 Current

18 (9.78%)

492 (35.96%)