Correlation between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic parameters in persons with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 3 Stepwise logistic regression to identify factors associated with grade 2/3 liver disease on ultrasound

Variable	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P value
Triglyceride levels	1.01 (1.00-1.01)	0.004
Income	3.58 (1.28-10.04)	0.015
Education	0.33 (0.12-0.85)	0.023
Excessive hunger	0.25 (0.06-0.95)	0.042
Alanine aminotransferase levels	1.02 (1.00-1.03)	0.032
Right upper quadrant pain or heaviness	5.22 (1.40-19.41)	0.014
Involuntary weight loss or gain	0.11 (0.02-0.52)	0.005
Tingling, pain or numbness of hands and feet	0.20 (0.05-0.80)	0.023
Waist circumference	1.31 (1.02-1.69)	0.036

Cutoff of P < 0.20 for univariable logistic regression for consideration in multivariable model; variables included in the model were age, sex, social class, income, education, sleep, high dietary consumption of different foods, symptoms, body mass index, heart rate, respiratory rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, waist-to-hip ratio, hip circumference, random blood glucose, haemoglobin A1c, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and alanine aminotransferase levels.