Prevalence of fatty liver disease and its risk factors in the population of South China

Table 6 Multivariate regression logistic analysis for FLD (n = 3543)

Variables	β	SE	χ2	P	OR	OR 95% CI
Male	0.628	0.218	5.361	0.002	0.765	0.321-0.921
Urban	0.212	0.128	28.219	< 0.001	0.332	0.211-0.291
Education level	-0.351	0.105	11.124	0.001	0.704	0.573-0.865
Hypertension	0.362	0.158	5.277	0.022	1.436	1.055-1.957
BMI	1.234	0.130	90.488	< 0.001	3.435	2.664-4.430
WHR	0.811	0.228	12.648	< 0.001	2.250	1.439-3.518
WC	1.017	0.174	33.987	< 0.001	2.765	1.964-3.892
TG	0.623	0.158	15.535	< 0.001	1.864	1.367-2.540
FSG	0.788	0.129	37.187	< 0.001	2.200	1.708-2.835
Alcohol-drinking	0.373	0.212	3.112	0.078	1.452	0.959-2.198
Heavy tastes	0.307	0.169	3.286	0.070	1.360	0.975-1.895

FLD: Fatty liver disease; BMI: Body mass index; WHR: w-to-hip ratio; WC: Waist circumference; TC: Total cholesterol; FSG: Fasting serum glucose.