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Table 2 Relationship between hypertension status and controlled attenuation parameter (dB/m)

From: Association between hypertension and the prevalence of liver steatosis and fibrosis

 

Model 1 β (95% CI, P)

Model 2 β (95% CI, P)

Model 3 β (95% CI, P)

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

29.0 (25.5, 32.5) < 0.001

26.9 (23.0, 30.7) < 0.001

9.1 (4.3, 14.0) <0.001

Stratified by sex

   

Men (n = 2392)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

30.2 (25.3, 35.2) < 0.001

30.1 (24.7, 35.4) < 0.001

8.5 (1.8, 15.2) 0.013

Women (n = 2445)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

27.6 (22.7, 32.4) < 0.001

23.1 (17.6, 28.6) < 0.001

8.8 (1.7, 16.0) 0.015

Stratified by age

   

20–39 age group (n = 1049)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

34.5 (24.4, 44.8) < 0.001

34.9 (24.9, 44.9) < 0.001

4.8 (-7.3, 16.9) 0.434

40–59 age group (n = 1671)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

31.2 (25.2, 37.2) < 0.001

31.7 (25.7, 37.6) < 0.001

12.8 (5.4, 20.2) < 0.001

60–80 age group (n = 2117)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

20.3 (14.8, 25.8) < 0.001

21.4 (15.9, 26.9) < 0.001

6.6 (-1.2, 14.4) 0.099

Stratified by race

   

Non-Hispanic White (n = 1742)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

31.6 (25.9, 37.3) < 0.001

28.7 (22.5, 35.0) < 0.001

9.6 (2.0, 17.2) 0.013

Non-Hispanic Black (n = 1312)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

25.4 (18.7, 32.0) < 0.001

19.3 (11.4, 27.2) < 0.001

17.0 (4.8, 29.1) 0.006

Mexican American (n = 544)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

16.2 (5.2, 27.1) 0.004

9.1 (-3.0, 21.3) 0.141

-5.5 (-20.7, 9.6) 0.472

Other race (n = 1239)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

34.0 (27.0, 41.0) < 0.001

30.4 (22.4, 38.4) < 0.001

9.8 (-0.6, 20.3) 0.067

Stratified by body mass index (BMI)

   

BMI < 25 (kg/m2) (n = 1125)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

22.0 (16.5, 27.6) < 0.001

14.2 (8.2, 20.3) < 0.001

13.6 (3.0, 24.3) 0.013

BMI ≥ 25, < 30 (kg/m2) (n = 1609)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

10.8 (5.8, 15.9) < 0.001

5.3 (-0.2, 17.3) 0.058

7.6 (-0.9, 16.1) 0.082

BMI ≥ 30 (kg/m2) (n = 2103)

   

Non-hypertension

Reference

Reference

Reference

hypertension

18.2 (13.3, 23.0) < 0.001

19.8 (14.4, 25.1) < 0.001

11.6 (3.7, 19.4) 0.004

  1. Model 1: No covariate adjustment
  2. Model 2: Adjustment for age, sex, and ethnicity
  3. Model 3: Adjustment for all covariates including age, sex, ethnicity, education, BMI, family income-to-poverty ratio, smoked > 100 cigarettes during the lifetime, BUN, serum glucose, TC, TG, LDL cholesterol, SUC, ALP, ALT, AST, GGT, and glycohemoglobin