Hepatic steatosis is associated with an increased risk of carotid atherosclerosis

Table 3 Carotid IMT and plaques in persons with and without hepatic steatosis.

	Unit	No steatosis	Steatosis	P
IMT	mm	0.784±0.172	0.811±0.170	<0.001
IMT, adjusted for gender and age	mm	0.789±0.004	0.803±0.005	<0.05
IMT, adjusted for the full model1	mm	0.813±0.004	0.806±0.005	0.34
Plaque	OR (CI)	1.0 (Ref.)	1.66 (1.38–2.00)	<0.001
Plaque, adjusted for gender and age	OR (CI)	1.0 (Ref.)	1.60 (1.30–1.97)	<0.001
Plaque, adjusted for full model1	OR (CI)	1.0 (Ref.)	1.35 (1.03–1.61)	<0.05

¹Full model included gender, age, alcohol consumption, current smoking, diabetes, hypertension, BMI, total cholesterol/HDL ratio, plasma fibrinogen levels. IMT, carotid intima-media thickness; OR, odds ratio; CI, 95% confidence interval.