Severity of ultrasonographic liver steatosis and metabolic syndrome in Korean men and women

Table 3 Sex-specific associations between the severity of ultrasonographic liver steatosis and metabolic syndrome

Ultrasoundliver steatosis	Numberof people	Number withmetabolic syndrome (%)	Age-adjustedodds ratio (95%CI)	Multivariate-adjustedodds ratio (95%CI)1
Men
Absent	240	39 (16.3)	1.00	1.00
Mild	133	42 (31.6)	2.43 (1.47-4.01)	1.72 (1.01-2.94)
Moderate	165	77 (46.7)	4.54 (2.87-7.20)	2.89 (1.75-4.76)
Severe	19	11 (57.9)	7.32 (2.76-19.44)	3.53 (1.25-9.98)
Total	557	169 (30.3)	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
Women
Absent	275	62 (22.6)	1.00	1.00
Mild	87	47 (54.0)	4.06 (2.41-6.83)	2.86 (1.64-5.01)
Moderate	93	61 (65.6)	5.81 (3.45-9.80)	3.19 (1.80-5.65)
Severe	10	7 (70.0)	7.07 (1.73-28.89)	3.70 (0.82-16.73)
Total	465	177 (38.1)	P < 0.001	P < 0.001

¹Adjusted for age, menopause (in women), body mass index, cigarette smoking, and alcohol intake.