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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by the quartiles of estimated glucose disposal rate of adult Americans from the nation health and nutrition examination survey 2017–2018

From: The association between estimated glucose disposal rate and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and liver fibrosis in US adults

Characteristics

Total

N = 3100

eGDR mg/kg/min

P

< 4.87

N = 773

4.87–6.49

N = 777

6.49–9.31

N = 775

≥ 9.31

N = 775

Age, year

54.59 (17.29)

59.48 (13.95)

60.59 (14.96)

54.42 (17.98)

43.87 (16.73)

< 0.01

Female, % (n)

1527 (49.26)

408 (52.78)

352 (45.30)

372 (48.00)

395 (50.97)

0.02

BMI, kg/m2

29.35 (6.65)

36.51 (5.99)

28.61 (3.99)

28.15 (5.94)

24.13 (3.12)

< 0.01

DBP, mm Hg

71.85 (12.30)

73.93 (13.30)

74.49 (13.24)

71.40 (11.76)

67.18 (8.78)

< 0.01

SBP, mm Hg

127.35 (19.26)

135.22 (17.34)

135.49 (18.53)

126.37 (18.84)

110.95 (9.19)

< 0.01

Smoke status, n (%)

     

< 0.01

Never smoke

1938 (62.52)

442 (57.18)

470 (60.49)

486 (62.71)

540 (69.68)

 

Former smoke

389 (12.55)

78 (10.09)

94 (12.10)

108 (13.94)

109 (14.06)

 

Current smoking

773 (24.94)

253 (32.73)

213 (27.41)

181 (23.35)

126 (16.26)

 

Race, n (%)

     

< 0.001

Mexican American

363 (11.71)

94 (12.16)

95 (12.23)

90 (11.61)

84 (10.84)

 

Other Hispanic

280 (9.03)

66 (8.54)

65 (8.37)

67 (8.65)

82 (10.58)

 

Non-Hispanic White

1054 (34.00)

278 (35.96)

258 (33.20)

277 (35.74)

241 (31.10)

 

Non-Hispanic Black

714 (23.03)

238 (30.79)

170 (21.88)

162 (20.90)

144 (18.58)

 

Other Race

689 (22.23)

97 (12.55)

189 (24.32)

179 (23.10)

224 (28.90)

 

Marital status, n (%)

     

0.001

Never married

475 (15.35)

77 (9.97)

89 (11.45)

116 (15.03)

193 (24.94)

 

Married

1717 (55.48)

435 (56.35)

457 (58.82)

408 (52.85)

417 (53.88)

 

Other

903 (29.18)

260 (33.68)

231 (29.73)

248 (32.12)

164 (21.19)

 

Education status, n (%)

     

0.012

Primary school graduate or below

291 (9.41)

83 (10.75)

77 (9.96)

70 (9.06)

61 (7.88)

 

Middle/high/special school

1053 (34.06)

268 (34.72)

252 (32.60)

295 (38.16)

238 (30.75)

 

College graduate or above

1748 (56.53)

421 (54.53)

444 (57.44)

408 (52.78)

475 (61.37)

 

PIR, n (%)

     

0.001

Low

722 (26.83)

179 (26.72)

165 (24.05)

186 (28.57)

192 (28.07)

 

Moderate

1113 (41.36)

305 (45.52)

296 (43.15)

272 (41.78)

240 (35.09)

 

High

856 (31.81)

186 (27.76)

225 (32.80)

193 (29.65)

252 (36.84)

 

Physical activity

      

Moderate, n (%)

1243 (40.10)

332 (42.95)

295 (37.97)

307 (39.61)

309 (39.87)

0.095

Vigorous, n (%)

676 (21.81)

185 (23.93)

147 (18.92)

181 (23.35)

163 (21.03)

0.346

Laboratory results

      

TC, mmol/L

4.86 (1.06)

4.74 (1.07)

4.98 (1.10)

4.94 (1.06)

4.80 (1.01)

< 0.001

TG, mmol/L

1.30 (1.28)

1.60 (1.49)

1.37 (0.95)

1.29 (1.73)

0.98 (0.64)

< 0.001

HDL-C, mmol/L

1.36 (0.38)

1.23 (0.32)

1.36 (0.37)

1.38 (0.41)

1.45 (0.37)

< 0.001

LDL-C, mmol/L

2.88 (0.95)

2.78 (1.00)

2.95 (0.99)

2.94 (0.90)

2.85 (0.88)

0.054

Fasting glucose, mmol/L

6.38 (2.05)

7.68 (3.13)

6.40 (1.74)

5.97 (1.07)

5.57 (0.87)

< 0.001

Cr, umol/L

82.31 (47.28)

87.96 (70.81)

86.73 (48.05)

80.01 (34.07)

74.47 (18.40)

< 0.001

eGFR, ml/min/1.73m2

105.59 (44.48)

122.14 (52.06)

93.12 (40.82)

105.23 (47.49)

101.92 (28.95)

< 0.001

eGDR, mg/kg/min

6.83 (2.73)

3.39 (1.16)

5.71 (0.46)

7.80 (0.88)

10.41 (0.72)

< 0.001

UA, umol/L

327.32 (87.52)

355.37 (91.16)

338.36 (88.32)

319.54 (82.17)

295.72 (76.37)

< 0.001

HbA1c, %

5.94 (1.12)

6.73 (1.60)

5.93 (0.91)

5.70 (0.72)

5.40 (0.42)

< 0.001

AST, U/L

21.29 (10.35)

21.78 (12.69)

21.64 (10.19)

21.35 (9.73)

20.38 (8.27)

0.038

ALT, U/L

21.38 (14.43)

23.50 (16.88)

21.73 (12.88)

21.60 (15.60)

18.66 (11.29)

< 0.001

CAP, dB/m

267.25 (62.34)

310.79 (55.01)

270.58 (55.12)

260.25 (58.97)

227.47 (49.81)

< 0.001

LSM, kPa

5.91 (4.90)

7.62 (6.56)

5.68 (3.98)

5.53 (4.12)

4.84 (4.02)

< 0.001

Disease

      

Hypertension, n (%)

1806 (58.26)

746 (96.51)

729 (93.82)

331 (42.71)

0 (0.00)

< 0.001

Diabetes, n (%)

606 (19.55)

336 (43.47)

157 (20.21)

87 (11.23)

26 (3.35)

< 0.001

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

1505 (48.55)

481 (62.23)

465 (59.85)

349 (45.03)

210 (27.10)

< 0.001

MASLD, n (%)

1928 (62.19)

686 (88.75)

519 (66.80)

458 (59.10)

265 (34.19)

< 0.001

Liver fibrosis, n (%)

361 (11.65)

210 (27.17)

68 (8.75)

66 (8.52)

17 (2.19)

< 0.001

  1. Note: Data are expressed as mean (SD) and numbers (percentage) as appropriate. All estimates were weighted to be nationally representative
  2. Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation, PIR: Ratio of family income to poverty; BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-C: lower-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase, AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; Cr: creatinine; UA: uric acid; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; MASLD: metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease