Table 1 Adjusted means of anthropometric and biochemical variables between groups with NAFLD and without NAFLD, stratified by overweight/obesity and metabolic status

N

3625

332

437

203

1776

1847

605

1936

Age (years)*

44.81 ± 0.25

48.77 ± 0.70

56.17 ± 0.69

56.41 ± 0.92

50.06 ± 0.34

50.40 ± 0.32

56.14 ± 0.59

53.61 ± 0.30

BMI (kg/m²)

20.59 ± 0.03

21.78 ± 0.06

21.26 ± 0.06

21.93 ± 0.07

24.75 ± 0.04

26.08 ± 0.05

25.10 ± 0.07

26.73 ± 0.06

SBP (mmHg)

116.12 ± 0.23

116.34 ± 0.75

128.48 ± 0.66

128.30 ± 0.96

120.67 ± 0.33

122.16 ± 0.33

130.23 ± 0.56

131.37 ± 0.32

DBP (mmHg)

72.90 ± 0.16

74.43 ± 0.53

81.30 ± 0.47

81.28 ± 0.68

76.30 ± 0.23

78.00 ± 0.23

82.56 ± 0.40

84.43 ± 0.23

ALT (U/L)

19.08 ± 0.23

26.58 ± 1.54

21.54 ± 0.88

25.14 ± 0.98

25.25 ± 0.83

30.32 ± 0.50

23.93 ± 0.60

35.19 ± 0.58

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.40 ± 0.01

4.72 ± 0.05

4.58 ± 0.04

4.81 ± 0.06

4.58 ± 0.02

4.81 ± 0.02

4.74 ± 0.04

5.00 ± 0.02

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

0.86 ± 0.02

1.29 ± 0.07

1.78 ± 0.06

2.70 ± 0.09

1.04 ± 0.03

1.32 ± 0.03

1.96 ± 0.05

2.73 ± 0.03

LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.64 ± 0.01

2.93 ± 0.04

2.73 ± 0.04

2.77 ± 0.05

2.85 ± 0.02

3.07 ± 0.02

2.84 ± 0.03

2.92 ± 0.02

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.54 ± 0.00

1.45 ± 0.02

1.31 ± 0.01

1.21 ± 0.02

1.43 ± 0.01

1.38 ± 0.01

1.23 ± 0.01

1.20 ± 0.01

Triglycerides/HDL-C

0.58 ± 0.04

0.95 ± 0.12

1.55 ± 0.10

2.47 ± 0.15

0.76 ± 0.05

1.00 ± 0.05

1.86 ± 0.09

2.66 ± 0.05

FPG (mmol/L)

4.94 ± 0.02

5.58 ± 0.07

6.04 ± 0.06

6.45 ± 0.08

5.00 ± 0.03

5.53 ± 0.03

5.67 ± 0.05

5.98 ± 0.03

Uric acid (mmol/L)

273.14 ± 1.11

294.62 ± 3.61

289.96 ± 3.15

309.97 ± 4.61

291.76 ± 1.57

314.72 ± 1.56

303.25 ± 2.69

332.81 ± 1.53