Correlation between non-alcoholic fatty liver with metabolic risk factors and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

Table 2 Relationship between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease n (%)

	High baPWV	Non-high baPWV	OR	95%CI	P value
Males with NAFLD
No	1436 (46.4)	1219 (34.2)	-	-	-
Yes	1659 (53.6)	2348 (65.8)	1.667	1.510-1.841	< 0.001
Females with NAFLD
No	1004 (79.9)	372 (54.4)		-	-
Yes	253 (20.1)	312 (45.6)	3.328	2.714-4.082	< 0.001
Entire population
No	2440 (56.1)	1591 (37.4)	-	-	-
Yes	1912 (43.9 )	2660 (62.6)	2.134	1.957-2.326	< 0.001

NAFLD: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; baPWV: Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (high baPWV was defined as a value equal to or higher than the median).