Visceral fat and insulin resistance as predictors of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Table 3 Univariate analysis for predictive factors of NASH

Factor	Odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Hypertension	6.50	1.82-23.21	0.004
Body mass index (kg/m2)	1.38	1.14-1.67	0.001
Triceps skin fold (mm)	1.11	1.01-1.21	0.024
Waist circumference (cm)	1.18	1.09-1.29	< 0.001
Fat mass (kg)	1.28	1.11-1.47	0.001
Visceral fat area > 158 (cm2)	19.33	2.31-161.55	< 0.001
Subcutaneous fat area (cm2)	1.01	1.01-1.02	0.001
Glucose (mmol/L)	2.88	1.29-6.43	0.01
Insulin > 11.9 (pmol/L)	58.00	6.87-489.58	< 0.001
HOMA-IR > 2.8	38.50	7.41-199.87	< 0.001
Triglyceride > 1.70 (mmol/L)	19.33	2.31-161.55	0.006
Uric acid (μmol/L)	1.97	1.12-3.47	0.019