Correlation between the thyroid hormone levels and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetic patients with normal thyroid function

Table 5 Stepwise multiple Logistic regression analysis of the influencing factors of NAFLD and progressive liver fibrosis in euthyroid subjects

Independent variable	Thyroid hormones and the risk of NAFLD				Thyroid hormones and the risk of progressive liver fibrosis
Independent variable	B	OR	95%CI	p value	B	OR	95%CI	p value
Age	−0.017	0.984	0.964–1.003	0.102	0.136	1.145	1.109–1.183	0.000
Diabetes course	−0.031	0.970	0.941–0.999	0.046	−0.010	0.990	0.952–1.029	0.604
BMI	−0.001	0.999	0.913–1.092	0.974	0.333	1.396	1.225–1.590	0.000
FT3	0.117	1.124	0.747–1.692	0.575	−0.331	0.719	0.398–1.296	0.272
FT4	−0.156	0.855	0.751–0.974	0.018	−0.251	0.778	0.638–0.949	0.013
HOMA-IR (CP)	0.17	1.186	1.006–1.397	0.042	−0.256	0.774	0.616–0.973	0.028
FLI	0.043	1.044	1.031–1.058	0.000	−0.017	0.984	0.9661.002	0.074

Annotation: NAFLD nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, BMI Body mass index, FT3 free triiodothyronine, FT4 free thyroxine, Homa-IR (CP) Homa-Insulin resistance(C-peptide), FLI Fatty Liver-index
^*p < 0.05
^**p < 0.01
^***p < 0.005

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