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Table 1 Age- and sex- adjusted characteristics according to NAFLD status a

From: Daily tea drinking is not associated with newly diagnosed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese adults: the Tianjin chronic low-grade systemic inflammation and health cohort study

Characteristics

NAFLD status

P value b

No (n = 15,589)

Yes (n = 3761)

Sex (male %)

46.6

81.6

< 0.0001

Age (y)

37.5 (37.4, 37.7) a

41.3 (41.0, 41.7)

< 0.0001

BMI

22.9 (22.8, 23.0)

27.2 (27.1, 27.3)

< 0.0001

Physical activity (Mets × hours/week)

10.5 (10.2, 10.7)

10.2 (9.8, 10.6)

0.31

Energy intake (kJ/d)

8457.9 (8420.3, 8496.0)

8257.0 (8180.4, 8334.9)

< 0.0001

Education (≥college graduate, %)

71.2

59.9

< 0.0001

Household income (≥10,000 Yuan, %)

33.4

31.6

0.04

ALT (U/L)

15.3 (15.2, 15.4)

25.0 (24.6, 25.4)

< 0.0001

Type 2 diabetes (%)

1.3

8.4

< 0.0001

Hypertension (%)

12.7

40.3

< 0.0001

Hyperlipidaemia (%)

31.1

66.3

< 0.0001

Dietary pattern score (multiply by 100)

 Sweets foods pattern

0.3 (−1.3, 1.9)

−2.4 (− 5.7, 0.9)

0.15

 Vegetable pattern

2.2 (0.7, 3.8)

−6.4 (−9.6, − 3.1)

< 0.0001

 Animal foods pattern

1.7 (0.2, 3.3)

−2.1 (− 5.3, 1.1)

0.04

Smoking status (%)

 Smoker

14.0

27.6

< 0.0001

 Ex-smoker

3.5

6.2

< 0.0001

 Non-smoker

82.5

66.2

< 0.0001

Drinker (%)

 Everyday

3.6

2.1

< 0.0001

 Sometime

52.6

61.7

< 0.0001

 Ex-drinker

10.3

12.4

< 0.001

 Non-drinker

33.4

23.7

< 0.0001

Employment status (%)

 Managers

44.6

39.7

< 0.0001

 Professionals

16.0

16.7

0.29

 Other

39.5

43.6

< 0.0001

Family history of diseases (%)

 CVD

26.0

22.4

< 0.0001

 Hypertension

46.6

47.3

0.44

 Diabetes

23.1

27.7

< 0.0001

  1. a NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; BMI, body mass index; ALT, alanine aminotransferase
  2. b Analysis of variance or chi-square test with adjustments for age and sex where is appropriate
  3. c Least square mean (95% confidence interval) (all such values)