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

Table 4 Sex-specific associations between liver enzyme levels and metabolic syndrome

	AST (IU/L)	Multivariate-adjustedodds ratio (95%CI)1	ALT (IU/L)	Multivariate-adjustedodds ratio (95%CI)1	γ-GT (IU/L)	Multivariate-adjustedodds ratio (95%CI)1
Men
	9-21	1.00	4-22	1.00	9-35	1.00
	22-25	0.69 (0.42-1.16)	23-31	1.76 (1.04-2.99)	36-52	1.66 (0.95-2.90)
	26-46	0.89 (0.54-1.45)	32-77	2.57 (1.54-4.29)	53-180	3.20 (1.87-5.47)
	47-278	1.81 (0.62-5.28)	78-421	5.23 (1.69-16.18)	181-1 885	3.33 (1.09-10.16)
		P = 0.953		P < 0.001		P < 0.001
Women
	9-21	1.00	4-19	1.00	8-22	1.00
	22-24	0.58 (0.32-1.06)	20-24	1.22 (0.70-2.12)	23-31	1.87 (1.06-3.30)
	25-42	0.96 (0.54-1.70)	25-61	1.44 (0.83-2.50)	32-100	1.25 (0.72-2.19)
	43-117	0.68 (0.16-2.93)	62-172	0.87 (0.20-3.73)	101-323	1.46 (0.33-6.37)
		P = 0.475		P = 0.271		P = 0.230

AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; γ-GT: γ-glutamyl transferase.

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