Sex and age differences in the association of fatty liver index-defined non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with cardiometabolic risk factors: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Correlation matrix between all variables for men (lower diagonal) and women (upper diagonal)

Variables	FLI	BMI	WC	TG	HDL	GGT	SBP	DBP	FPG	REGICOR
FLI	1				–0.210^**		0.330^**	0.307^**	0.253^**	0.375**
BMI		1	0.786^**	0.280^**	–	0.146^**	0.313^**	0.297^**	0.225^**	0.326**
WC		0.740^**	1	0.217^**	–	0.116^**	0.224^**	0.222^**	0.156^**	0.186**
TG		0.239^**	0.183^**	1	–	0.193^**	0.206^**	0.192^**	0.187^**	0.346**
HDL	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	− 0.283^
GGT		0.148^**	0.105^**	0.279^**	–	1	0.148^**	0.105^**	0.099^**	0.147**
SBP	0.312^**	0.283^**	0.210^**	0.152^**	–	0.168^**	1	0.700^**	0.178^**	0.506**
DBP	0.342^**	0.299^**	0.213^**	0.183^**	–	0.185^**	0.681^**	1	0.144^**	0.400**
FPG	0.226^**	0.187^**	0.136^**	0.191^**	–	0.123^**	0.164^**	0.151^**	1	0.257**
REGICOR	0.328^**	0.221^**	0.123^**	0.318^**	–	0.157^**	0.424^**	0.359^**	0.254^**	1

N = 19,830 for men (lower diagonal); N = 13,846 for women (upper diagonal)
FLI fatty liver index, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, TG triglycerides, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, GGT γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose
**p < 0.001; correlations between FLI with BMI, WC, TG and GGT were not reported as such variables are included in the formula for calculating FLI

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