Correlation between non-alcoholic fatty liver with metabolic risk factors and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

Table 4 Relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity after adjustment for metabolic components

Group	Males (n = 6662)			Females (n = 1941)
	n (%)	OR (95%CI)	P value	n (%)	OR (95%CI)	P value
NAFLD0	2653 (39.8)	Ref	-	1376 (70.9)	Ref	-
NAFLD1	4009 (60.2)	1.21 (1.09-1.33)	< 0.001	565 (29.1)	1.40 (1.08-1.82)	< 0.001
MC0	787 (11.8)	Ref	-	451 (23.2)	Ref	-
MC1	955 (14.3)	1.59 (1.29-1.97)	< 0.001	511 (26.3)	3.38 (2.19-5.20)	< 0.001
MC2	1288 (19.3)	2.03 (1.66-2.48)	< 0.001	368 (19.0)	5.04 (3.23-7.87)	< 0.001
MC3	1282 (19.2)	2.66 (2.16-3.27)	< 0.001	272 (14.0)	7.40 (4.67-11.80)	< 0.001
MC4	1117 (16.8)	3.22 (2.60-3.99)	< 0.001	187 (9.60)	9.84 (5.83-16.60)	< 0.001
MC5	763 (11.5)	4.35 (3.42-5.52)	< 0.001	106 (5.50)	11.87 (6.40-22.03)	< 0.001
MC6 and above	470 (7.10)	5.59 (4.23-7.38)	< 0.001	46 (2.40)	20.26 (7.45-55.12)	< 0.001

NAFLD: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; MC: Metabolic components (the number of metabolism risk factors assumed as dummy variable).