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Table 4 Odds ratio for NAFLD by HOMA-IR

From: Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children and relationship to metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and waist circumference

 

HOMA-IR (percentile)

≤25

25–50

51–75

≥75

Number of subjects without NAFLD (%)

35/36 (97.2)

30/38 (78.9)

25/37 (67.6)

23/39 (59.0)

Number of subjects with NAFLD (%)

1/36 (2.8)

8/38 (21.1)

12/37 (32.4)

16/39 (41.0)

Odds ratio (95% CI)a

1.0

10.2 (1.18–88.33)

19.3 (2.31–161.19)

31.6 (3.69–271.17)

Odds ratio (95% CI)b

1.0

2.4 (0.23–24.9)

3.9 (0.40–38.12)

3.6 (0.33–39.16)

  1. HOMA-IR, Homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance
  2. aAge- and sex-adjusted, trend test (P < 0.001)
  3. bAge-, sex-, and WC-adjusted