A community-based epidemiological study of elevated serum alanine aminotransferase levels in Kinmen, Taiwan

Table 4 Multiple logistic regression of associated factors for elevated serum ALT level among subjects aged 30 and above in Kinmen.

Variable	ALT (≥40 (U/L) vs <40 (U/L))
	Male		Female		Total
	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI
Gender (female vs male)	-	-	-	-	0.21	0.11-0.38
Age (yr)	0.97	0.96-0.98	0.98	0.97-0.99	0.95	0.93-0.97
Interaction between gender and age	-	-	-	-	1.02	1.01-1.03
Smoking (yes vs no)	0.93	0.76-1.14	0.68	0.33-1.38	0.9	0.74-1.10
Alcohol drinking (yes vs no)	1.14	0.93-1.40	1.48	0.85-2.59	1.17	0.96-1.41
Obesity (yes vs no)	1.28	1.00-1.66	1.09	0.84-1.42	1.2	1.00-1.44
High waist circumference (yes vs no)	1.88	1.45-2.42	1.66	1.24-2.21	1.79	1.48-2.17
Type-2 diabetes (yes vs no)	1.74	1.28-2.37	1.56	1.11-2.21	1.7	1.35-2.13
Hypertension (yes vs no)	1.12	0.91-1.38	1.18	0.90-1.55	1.14	0.97-1.34
Hypercholesterolemia (yes vs no)	1.26	0.98-1.61	1.8	1.36-2.39	1.46	1.22-1.76
Hypertriglyceridemia (yes vs no)	1.3	0.91-1.85	1.61	1.03-2.52	1.40	1.06-1.84
Low HDL (yes vs no)	0.96	0.74-1.25	1.12	0.79-1.60	1.02	0.82-1.25
High BUN (yes vs no)	0.92	0.73-1.16	1.1	0.82-1.48	0.99	0.82-1.19
High creatinine (yes vs no)	0.55	0.22-1.40	0.25	0.03-1.89	0.46	0.20-1.06
Hyperuricemia (yes vs no)	1.47	1.19-1.80	1.92	1.49-2.48	1.63	1.39-1.92