Total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein ratio and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a population with chronic hepatitis B

Table 4 The independent correlation between cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by multivariate piecewise linear regression

TC/HDL-C	β	95%CI	P value
< 4.9	5.4	(2.3-12.6)	< 0.01
≥ 4.9	0.5	(0.1-2.2)	0.39

Effect: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cause: Total cholesterol High-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Adjusted: gender, age, Body mass index, aspartate aminotransferase, Alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, Platelets, Hepatitis B virus surface antigen, Creatinine, Uric acid, Triglyceride, Total cholesterol, High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Apolipoprotein A1, Apolipoprotein B, Hepatitis B virus DNA > 100 IU/mL, Hepatitis B e antigen positive, Nucleoside analogues. CI: Confidence interval; TC: Total cholesterol; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol.