Height predict incident non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among general adult population in Tianjin, China, independent of body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, and metabolic syndrome

Table 3 Cohort analysis: adjusted associations of height quintiles with NAFLD ^a in females

Cox proportional-hazard regression models	Quintiles of body height (cm, range)					p for trend ^b
	Level 1 (138.0–156.2)	Level 2 (156.3–159.5)	Level 3 (159.6–162.1)	Level 4 (162.2–165.4)	Level 5 (165.5–184.6)
	(n = 4223)	(n = 4442)	(n = 3947)	(n = 4145)	(n = 4370)
Person-years of follow-up	11,318	12,593	11,153	11,576	12,736
No. of NAFLD	548	543	454	416	404
Model 1 ^d	1.00	0.88 (0.78, 0.99) ^c	0.83 (0.73, 0.94)	0.73 (0.64, 0.83)	0.64 (0.57, 0.73)	< 0.0001
Model 2 ^e	1.00	0.91 (0.81, 1.02)	0.85 (0.75, 0.96)	0.75 (0.66, 0.85)	0.62 (0.55, 0.71)	< 0.0001
Model 3 ^f	1.00	0.92 (0.82, 1.04)	0.85 (0.75, 0.97)	0.78 (0.68, 0.89)	0.65 (0.57, 0.74)	< 0.0001
Model 4 ^g	1.00	0.97 (0.86, 1.09)	0.98 (0.86, 1.11)	0.93 (0.81, 1.06)	0.84 (0.73, 0.96)	0.02
Model 5 ^h	1.00	0.80 (0.69, 0.91)	0.72 (0.61, 0.85)	0.60 (0.49, 0.74)	0.45 (0.35, 0.59)	< 0.0001

^aNAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
^bAnalysis by Cox proportional hazards model
^cAdjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) (all such values)
^dCrude
^eAdjusted for age and waist circumference
^fAdjusted for age, waist circumference, smoking status, drinking status, metabolic syndrome, and family history of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes
^gAdjusted for age, body mass index, waist circumference, smoking status, drinking status, metabolic syndrome, and family history of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes
^hAdjusted for age, body mass index, waist-to-height ratio, waist circumference, smoking status, drinking status, metabolic syndrome, and family history of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes

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