Table 2 Comparison of baseline characteristics according to FIB-4 index

Age (year)

47 (11-89)

72 (41-88)

 < 0.001^†

Male (%)

50.4

57.9

0.120^‡

Smoking (%)

21.2

7.9

0.002^‡

Habitual drinking (%)

12.7

25.7

0.002^‡

BMI (kg/m²)

22.4 (10.6-61.1)

22.4 (16.8-31.2)

0.948^†

Obesity (%)

25.7

26.3

0.493^‡

Waist circumference (cm)

80.0 (54.1-152.5)

79.8 (57.5-112.5)

0.229^†

Large waist circumference (%)

26.3

34.2

0.080^‡

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

124 (77-244)

138 (105-174)

 < 0.001^†

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

74 (34-140)

78 (51-106)

0.019^†

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

92 (57-295)

104 (79-321)

 < 0.001^†

HbA1c (%)

5.6 (4.4-14.6)

5.7 (5.1-8.6)

0.001^†

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

80 (16-1,454)

87 (30-432)

0.280^†

HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

63 (11-158)

38 (38-103)

0.364^†

LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

122 (25-335)

121 (61-178)

0.148^†

Uric acid (mg/dL)

5.2 (0.4-11.6)

5.2 (2.5-8.4)

0.627^†

Albumin (g/dL)

4.4 (3.4-5.3)

4.3 (3.7-4.9)

0.040^†

AST (IU/L)

20 (5-203)

28 (16-233)

 < 0.001^†

ALT (IU/L)

18 (3-561)

20 (7-212)

0.009^†

GGT (mg/dL)

22 (5-1,086)

27 (10-313)

 < 0.001^†

Platelet counts (× 10⁴/μL)

25.0 (8.5-59.5)

14.8 (2.9-28.6)

 < 0.001^†

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

14.2 (7.0-19.7)

14.0 (8.1-17.0)

0.152^†

White blood cell (/μL)

5,400 (1,900-17,800)

4,500 (1,100-13,900)

 < 0.001^†

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.76 (0.30-14.1)

0.79 (0.50-1.30)

0.010^†

Hypertension (%)

31.3

78.9

 < 0.001^‡

Diabetes mellitus (%)

5.0

23.7

 < 0.001^‡

Dyslipidemia (%)

45.1

52.6

0.115^‡

Hyperuricemia (%)

11.5

9.1

0.352^‡