Mean Arterial Pressure Is Related to Incident Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among the Nonobese Female with Normal Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels: A Large Cohort Study in China

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of 16,153 participants stratified by gender.

Characteristics	Female	Male	value
Number (%)	7,681 (47.6)	8,472 (52.4)
Age (years)			<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)			<0.001
SBP (mmHg)			<0.001
DBP (mmHg)			<0.001
MAP (mmHg)			0.139
ALP (U/L)			<0.001
ALT (U/L)			0.022
AST (U/L)			0.031
ALB (g/L)			<0.001
GLB (g/L)			0.068
TB (μmol/L)			<0.001
BUN (mmol/L)			<0.001
Cr (mmol/L)			<0.001
UA (μmol/L)			<0.001
FPG (mmol/L)			0.002
TC (mmol/L)			0.971
TG (mmol/L)			<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)			<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)			0.125
Duration of follow-up (years)			<0.001
NAFLD (%)	1,027 (13.4)	1,294 (15.3)	0.001

Note: continuous variables were described by deviation, and categorical variables were presented by number (percentage). Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; MAP = mean arterial pressure; ALP = alkaline phosphatase; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALB = albumin; GLB = globulin; TB = total bilirubin; BUN = blood urea nitrogen; Cr = creatinine; UA = uric acid; FPG = fasting plasma glucose; TC = total cholesterol; TG = triglyceride; HDL-C = high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NAFLD = nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.