Research Article

Risk Factors for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Different Insulin Resistance in a Nonobese Chinese Population

Table 1

Distributions of study variables among participants with and without nonobese NAFLD.

CharacteristicAll subjects ()Non-NAFLD ()Nonobese NAFLD () value
HOMA-IR>1 ()HOMA-IR ≤1 ()HOMA-IR>1 ()HOMA-IR ≤1 ()

Gender0.075
Male, (%)877 (69.8%)44 (32.6%)324 (66.1%)69 (27.7%)282 (73.6%)
Female, (%)380 (30.2%)91 (67.4%)166 (33.9%)180 (72.3%)101 (26.4%)
Age (years), (%)<0.001
 18-30326 (25.9%)42 (31.1%)158 (32.2%)57 (22.9%)69 (18.0%)
 31-40338 (26.9%)32 (23.7%)111 (22.7%)70 (28.1%)125 (32.6%)
 41-50368 (29.3%)32 (23.7%)109 (22.2%)85 (34.1%)142 (37.1%)
  >50225 (17.9%)29 (21.5%)112 (22.9%)37 (14.9%)47 (12.3%)
Body mass index (kg/m2), (%)<0.001
 18.5-22.9557 (44.3%)96 (71.1%)303 (61.8%)67 (26.9%)91 (23.8%)
 23.0-24.9700 (55.7%)39 (28.9%)187 (38.2%)182(73.1%)292 (76.2%)
SBP (mmHg), (%)0.085
 ≤117608 (48.4%)57 (42.2%)244 (49.8%)116 (46.6%)191 (49.9%)
 >117649 (51.6%)78 (57.8%)246 (50.2%)133 (53.4%)192 (50.1%)
DBP (mmHg), (%)0.972
 ≤71614 (48.8%)60 (44.4%)240 (49.0%)114 (45.8%)200 (52.2%)
 >71643 (51.2%)75 (55.6%)250 (51.0%)135 (54.2%)183 (47.8%)
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L), (%)<0.001
 ≤17448 (35.6%)68 (50.4%)253(51.6%)49 (19.4%)78 (20.4%)
 >17809 (64.4%)67 (49.6%)237 (48.4%)200 (80.3%)305 (79.6%)
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L), (%)<0.001
 ≤18500 (39.8%)70 (51.9%)256 (52.2%)62 (24.9%)112 (29.2%)
 >18757 (60.2%)65 (48.1%)234 (47.8%)187 (75.1%)271 (70.8%)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L), (%)0.174
 ≤ 4.71592 (47.1%)67 (49.6%)247 (50.4%)109 (43.8%)169 (44.1%)
 >4.71665 (52.9%)68 (50.4%)243 (49.6%)140 (56.2%)214 (55.9%)
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L), (%)<0.001
 ≥1.36560 (44.6%)69 (51.1%)249 (50.8%)86 (34.5%)156 (40.7%)
 <1.36697 (55.4%)66 (48.9%)241 (49.2%)163 (65.5%)227 (59.3%)
Triglyceride (mmol/L), (%)<0.001
 ≤0.9425 (33.8%)69 (51.1%)249 (50.8%)38 (15.3%)69 (18.0%)
 >0.9832 (66.2%)66 (48.9%)241 (49.2%)211 (84.7%)314 (82.0%)
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L), (%)0.031
 ≤2.65585 (46.5%)72 (53.3%)244 (49.8%)103 (41.4%)166 (43.3%)
 >2.65672 (53.5%)63 (46.7%)246 (50.2%)146 (58.6%)217 (56.7%)
Glucose (mmol/L), (%)<0.001
 ≤5.25628 (50.0%)83 (61.5%)375 (76.5%)47 (18.9%)123(32.1%)
 >5.25629 (50.0%)52 (38.5%)115 (23.5%)202 (81.1%)260 (67.9%)
Glycated hemoglobin (%), (%)<0.001
 ≤5.5543 (43.2%)86 (63.7%)273 (55.7%)50 (20.1%)134 (35.0%)
 >5.5714 (56.8%)49 (36.3%)217 (44.3%)199 (79.9%)249 (65.0%)
Fasting insulin (uIU/ml), (%)<0.001
 ≤3.89915 (72.8%)85 (63%)429 (87.6%)62 (24.9%)339 (88.5%)
 >3.89342 (27.2%)50 (37%)61 (12.4%)187 (75.1%)44 (11.5%)
Homeostasis model assessment-beta (%), (%)<0.001
 ≥47.1506 (40.3%)119 (88.1%)220 (44.9%)107 (43.0%)60 (15.7%)
 <47.1751 (59.7%)16 (11.9%)270 (55.1%)142 (57.0%)323 (84.3%)