Dietary phytochemical consumption is inversely associated with liver alkaline phosphatase in Middle Eastern adults

Table 3 Linear regression analysis of the correlations between score of dietary phytochemical index and levels of liver enzymes.

	P value	Β (95%CI)
ALT
Crude	0.474	0.02 (-0.002 to 0.06)
Model I	0.063	0.02 (-0.002 to 0.09)
Model II	0.109	0.02 (-0.009 to 0.08)
Model III	0.1	0.02 (-0.008 to 0.08)
Model IV	0.097	0.02 (-0.007 to 0.08)
AST
Crude	0.751	-0.004 (-0.02 to -0.01)
Model I	0.902	-0.002 (-0.02 to 0.02)
Model II	0.773	-0.005 (-0.02 to 0.02)
Model III	0.9	-0.002 (-0.02 to 0.02)
Model IV	0.917	-0.002 (-0.02 to 0.02)
GGT
Crude	0.154	0.02 (-0.01 to 0.11)
Model I	0.328	0.01 (-0.03 to 0.10)
Model II	0.433	0.01 (-0.04 to 0.09)
Model III	0.366	0.01 (-0.03 to 0.10)
Model IV	0.365	0.01 (-0.03 to 0.10)
ALP
Crude	< 0.001	-0.05 (-0.43 to -0.15)
Model I	< 0.01	-0.04 (-0.39 to -0.07)
Model II	< 0.01	-0.04 (-0.39 to -0.08)
Model III	0.019	-0.03 (-0.34 to -0.03)
Model IV	0.014	-0.03 (-0.35 to -0.04)

Model I: Adjusted for energy intake, age and gender; Model II: Additionally adjusted for body mass index; Model III: Additionally adjusted for physical activity, supplement or multivitamin use, smoking, education and wealth score index; Model IV: Additionally adjusted for metabolic syndrome. DPI: Dietary phytochemical index; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; GGT: Gamma-glutamyl transferase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase.