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Table 3 Sensitivity analysis of the association of the Life’s Essential 8 scores with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

From: Associations between life’s essential 8 and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among US adults

 

Propensity score matching*

Excluding CVD history participants

OR (95% CI) *

p value

OR (95% CI)

p value

LE8 score

 Low (0–49)

1 (Reference)

/

1 (Reference)

/

 Moderate (50–79)

0.73 (0.55–0.95)

0.02

0.39 (0.27–0.55)

 < 0.01

 High (80–100)

0.49 (0.33–0.72)

 < 0.01

0.12 (0.06–0.26)

 < 0.01

 Per 10 points increase

0.88 (0.82–0.95)

 < 0.01

0.62 (0.53–0.71)

 < 0.01

Health behaviors

 Low (0–49)

1 (Reference)

/

1 (Reference)

/

 Moderate (50–79)

0.94 (0.73–1.21)

0.63

0.88 (0.61–1.29)

0.92

 High (80–100)

1.03 (0.78–1.35)

0.86

0.80 (0.49–1.32)

0. 40

 Per 10 points increase

1.01 (0.96–1.06)

0.84

0.93 (0.84–1.03)

0.10

Health factors

 Low (0–49)

1 (Reference)

/

1 (Reference)

/

 Moderate (50–79)

0.72 (0.59–0.88)

 < 0.01

0.31 (0.22–0.43)

 < 0.01

 High (80–100)

0.42 (0.30–0.58)

 < 0.01

0.03 (0.01–0.09)

 < 0.01

 Per 10 points increase

0.85 (0.81–0.90)

 < 0.01

0.57 (0.52–0.62)

 < 0.01

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, LE8 Life’s Essential 8
  2. *Matching for age, sex, race/ ethnicity, obesity status, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyl transferase, and triglycerides
  3. Adjusted for age (as a continuous variable), sex, race/ethnicity, obesity; poverty ratio (as a continuous variable), education level, and marital status