Predictive value of angiopoietin-like protein 8 in metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and its progression: A case-control study

Table 2 Spearman correlation analysis of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and various indicators

	r	P valuea
ANGPTL8	0.576	< 0.001
TyG index	0.473	< 0.001
FIB-4 index	0.318	< 0.001
BMI	0.394	< 0.001
WHR	0.172	0.031
TG	0.581	< 0.001
HDL-C	-0.195	0.014
ALT	0.195	0.014
FINS	0.231	0.003
HbA1c	0.189	0.017
HOMA-IR	0.211	0.008
CRP	0.189	0.018
TG/HDL-C	0.551	< 0.001
LDL-C/HDL-C	0.226	0.004

^aP < 0.05 is considered significant.

ANGPTL8: Angiopoietin-like protein 8; TyG index: Triglyceride-glucose index; FIB-4 index: Fibrosis-4 index; BMI: Body mass index; WHR: Waist-to-hip ratio; TG: Triglyceride; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; ALT: Alanine transaminase; FINS: Fasting insulin; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; CRP: C-reactive protein; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol.