Table 2 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the study subjects with or without liver fibrosis.

From: Association between the cardiometabolic index and NAFLD and fibrosis

 

Normal

Liver fibrosis

 
 

Total

< 8.2kPa (n = 2721)

≥ 8.2kPa (n = 275)

P

CMI [M (P25, P75)]

0.46 (0.25,0.81)

0.44 (0.24,0.77)

0.73 (0.43,1.11)

< 0.001#

CMI quartile

  Q1 (≤ 0.25)

749 (25.00)

724 (26.61)

25 (9.09)

< 0.001

  Q2 (0.25 ~ 0.46)

749 (25.00)

698 (25.65)

51 (18.55)

  Q3 (0.46 ~ 0.81)

749 (25.00)

676 (24.84)

73 (26.55)

  Q4 (> 0.81)

749 (25.00)

623 (22.90)

126 (45.82)

Sex

  Men

1355 (45.23)

1209 (44.43)

146 (53.09)

< 0.001

  Women

1641 (54.77)

1512 (55.57)

129 (46.91)

Age [M (P25, P75)]

51.0 (35.0,64.0)

50.0 (34.0,63.0)

58.0 (43.0,67.0)

< 0.001#

BMI [M (P25, P75)]

28.6 (24.7,33.5)

28.1 (24.5,32.6)

35.8 (29.3,42.0)

< 0.001#

Race

  Mexican American

391 (13.05)

346 (12.72)

45 (16.36)

< 0.001

  Other Hispanic

310 (10.35)

283 (10.40)

27 (9.82)

  Non-Hispanic white

993 (33.14)

892 (32.78)

101 (36.73)

  Non-Hispanic black

739 (24.67)

676 (24.84)

63 (22.91)

  Other race—Including multi-racial

563 (18.79)

524 (19.26)

39 (14.18)

Smoke

  Yes

1121 (37.44)

1004 (36.93)

117 (42.55)

< 0.001

  No

1873 (62.56)

1715 (63.07)

158 (57.45)

Diabetes

  Yes

448 (14.96)

337 (12.39)

111 (40.36)

< 0.001

  No

2546 (85.04)

2382 (87.61)

164 (59.64)

Hypertension

  Yes

1099 (36.74)

941 (34.65)

158 (57.45)

< 0.001

  No

1892 (63.26)

1775 (65.35)

117 (42.55)

TG (mmol/L) [M (P25, P75)]

1.01 (0.68,1.50)

0.98 (0.67,1.49)

1.22 (0.85,1.75)

< 0.001#

TC (mmol/L) [M (P25, P75)]

4.68 (4.06,5.40)

4.71 (4.11,5.43)

4.37 (3.78,5.15)

< 0.001#

HDL (mmol/L) [M (P25, P75)]

1.32 (1.09,1.60)

1.34 (1.11,1.63)

1.16 (1.03,1.40)

< 0.001#

LDL (mmol/L) [M (P25, P75)]

2.77 (2.20,3.36)

2.77 (2.22,3.39)

2.48 (1.94,3.23)

< 0.001#

AST(IU/L) [M (P25, P75)]

19.0 (15.0,23.0)

19.0 (15.0,23.0)

21.0 (17.0,29.0)

< 0.001#

ALT (IU/L) [M (P25, P75)]

17.0 (13.0,25.0)

17.0 (12.0,24.0)

23.0 (15.0,35.0)

< 0.001#

GGT(IU/L) [M (P25, P75)]

21.0 (15.0,30.0)

20.0 (14.0,29.0)

30.0 (20.0,54.0)

< 0.001#

ALB(g/L) [M (P25, P75)]

40.0 (38.0,42.0)

40.0 (38.0,42.0)

39.0 (37.0,42.0)

< 0.001#

BUN (mmol/L) [M (P25, P75)]

5.0 (3.9,6.1)

5.0 (3.9,6.1)

5.4 (4.3,6.8)

< 0.001#

Cr(mmol/L) [M (P25, P75)]

73.4 (61.9,86.6)

73.4 (61.9,86.6)

75.1 (62.8,90.2)

< 0.001#

TB (umol/L) [M (P25, P75)]

6.8 (5.1,10.3)

6.8 (5.1,10.3)

8.6 (5.1,10.3)

< 0.001#

UA (umol/L) (̅x ± s)

321.9 ± 85.3

318.6 ± 84.6

354.2 ± 84.6

< 0.001

  1. Values are n (%) or mean (standard deviation) or median (P25, P75).
  2. "#" indicates that the rank-sum test was used.