Sonographic fatty liver, overweight and ischemic heart disease

Table 2 Assessment of risk factors stratified according to severity of fatty liver (FL)

	n = 2 205
Risk factors	Non FL 1 428 (70.5%)	Mild FL 294 (14.5%)	Moderate FL 228 (11.3%)	Severe FL 75 (3.7%)
Age (yr)	39.8±9.9	41.8±9.9a	42.7±9.4c	42.6±9.5e
BMI (body mass index) (kg/m2)	23.9±3.1	25.0±2.6a	26.9±2.7c	29.0±3.1e
Systolic blood pressure (kPa)	16.9±2.2	17.2±2.1a	17.5±2.2c	18.3±2.6e
Diastolic blood pressure (kPa)	10.5±1.6	10.6±1.4a	10.9±1.5c	11.4±1.7e
Fasting sugar (mmol/L)	5.6±1.0	5.8±1.2a	6.0±1.5c	6.1±1.6e
Cholesterol total (mmol/L)	5.0±0.9	5.2±0.9a	5.3±0.9c	5.3±0.9e
Cholesterol HDL (mmol/L)	1.3±0.3	1.2±0.2a	1.1±0.2c	1.1±0.2e
Cholesterol LDL (mmol/L)	3.3±0.8	3.5±0.8a	3.4±0.8c	3.4±0.9e
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	15.0±11.1	18.2±13.1a	26.3±20.9c	27.3±22.3e
ECG with ischemic changes (n, %)	191 (13.4)	67 (22.8)a	64 (28.1)c	25 (33.3)e
Overweight (n, %)	457 (32.0)	143 (48.6)a	170 (74.6)c	69 (92.0)e
Smoking (n, %)	491 (34.4)	106 (36.1)	84 (36.8)	21 (28.0)
Alcohol usea (n, %)	304 (21.3)	73 (24.8)	54 (23.7)	13 (17.3)

^aP<0.05 vs non FL group;

^cP<0.05 vs non FL group;

^eP<0.05 vs non FL group.