Fatty liver, carotid disease and gallstones: A study of age-related associations

Table 7 Independent predictors of intima-media thickening (IMT) or plaques in NAFLD subjects

Carotid			Standard		Exp (B)
findings		B	error	P1	(95% CI )
IMT	Intercept	-0.955	2.648	0.718
	Age	0.087	0.034	0.010	1.091 (1.021-1.165)
	BMI	-0.102	0.071	0.150	0.903 (0.785-1.038)
Plaques	Intercept	-0.913	3.628	0.801
	Age	0.119	0.042	0.005	1.126 (1.037-1.223)
	BMI	-0.189	0.097	0.052	0.828 (0.684-1.002)

¹Multivariate multinominal logistic regression. Dependent variable: carotid findings (IMT or plaques). Reference category: normal carotid findings. Age, body mass (forced entry terms) and HOMA (forward entry term) were entered as covariates.