Analysis Of Risk Factors For Nonalcoholic Fatty-Liver Disease In Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Case–Control Study

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Figure 1 Mean levels of ALT and AST between CHB and healthy groups.

Abbreviations: CHB, chronic hepatitis B; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase.

Table 1 Frequency Distribution For CHB And Healthy Groups

Variable		Healthy (447)	CHB (376)	p-value
Age (years)	30 and less	136 (30.4%)	90 (24.1%)	0.11
	31–49	199 (44.5%)	190 (50.4%)
	50 and more	112 (25.1%)	96 (25.5%)
Sex	Male	233 (52.1%)	187 (49.6%)	0.47
	Female	214 (47.9%)	189 (50.4%)
Education	Illiterate	33 (7.7%)	67 (18%)	0.03
	Elementary	74 (17.3%)	80 (21.3%)
	Intermediate	35 (8.2%)	27 (6.6%)
	High school	147 (34.4%)	135 (36.1%)
	Academic	138 (32.3%)	67 (18%)
Marital status	Single	84 (18.8%)	43 (11.4%)	0.005
	Married	356 (79.6%)	325 (87.3%)
	Divorced or widowed	7 (1.6%)	8 (1.4%)

Notes: Data presented as n (%). Bold values indicate significance.

Table 3 Results Of Multiple Logistic Regression For NAFLD

Variable		OR	95% CI	Wald	p-value
Age (years)	30 and less	1	—	—	—
	31–49	5.649	3.50–9.1	50.69	<0.001
	50 and more	8.505	5.01–14.41	63.24	<0.001
Sex	Male	1	—	—	—
	Female	1.14	0.975–1.812	3.246	0.072
Marital status	Single	1	—	—	—–
	Married	1.68	1.09–2.60	5.50	0.019
HBsAg	Negative	1	—	—	—–
	Positive	0.62	0.455–0.8450	9.162	0.002

Note: Bold values indicate statistical significance.

Table 2 Frequency Distribution Of Status Of Liver In CHB And Healthy Groups

Variable		Healthy (447)	CHB (376)	p-value
Presence of fatty liver	Yes	198 (44.3%)	138 (36.8%)	0.03
	No	249 (55.7%)	238 (63.2%)
Grade of fatty liver	No	249 (55.7%)	238 (63.2%)	<0.001
	Mild	15 (3.4%)	29 (7.8%)
	Moderate	177 (39.6%)	106 (28.5%)
	Severe	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)

Notes: Data presented as n (%). Bold values indicate statistical significance.