Sex-influenced association of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with colorectal adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps

Table 5 Adjusted odds ratios and 95%CIs of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease for adenomatous polyps and hyperplastic polyps of the colon and rectum by morphological characteristics in males

	Adenomatous polyps		P value	Hyperplastic polyps		P value
	Cases	OR (95%CI)		Cases	OR (95%CI)
Number
Single	186	1.27 (0.88-1.82)	0.205	117	1.81 (1.19-2.74)	0.005
Multiple	207	1.82 (1.29-2.55)	0.001	121	1.13 (0.73-1.76)	0.583
Size
Small (< 1 cm)	332	1.44 (1.08-1.91)	0.013	229	1.45 (1.05-2.00)	0.023
Large (≥ 1 cm)	61	2.13 (1.21-3.76)	0.009	9	1.00 (0.20-5.07)	0.999
Location
Proximal lesions	129	1.15 (0.73-1.80)	0.539	38	2.62 (1.32-5.17)	0.006
Distal lesions	146	1.63 (1.11-2.39)	0.013	156	1.33 (0.91-1.95)	0.146
Bilateral lesions	118	1.89 (1.23-2.91)	0.004	44	1.05 (0.51-2.17)	0.894

ORs compared with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol and metabolic syndrome.