Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with coronary artery calcium score in diabetes patients with higher HbA1c

Table 3 Multivariate linear regression analysis for the relationship with ln (CACS + 1) according to the HbA1c level

HbA1c < 7%	β-coefficient	95% CI	P -value
NAFLD	−0.627	−1.654-0.399	0.229
Age	0.091	0.029-0.153	0.004
Male sex	1.252	−0.126-2.629	0.075
Hypertension	0.521	−0.397-1.439	0.263
Body mass index	0.059	−0.283-0.401	0.734
Waist circumference	0.015	−0.108-0.139	0.804
HDL cholesterol	−0.014	−0.063-0.035	0.577
Triglyceride	0.006	0.000-0.013	0.059
HbA1c ≥ 7%
NAFLD	1.503	0.373-2.634	0.010
Age	0.123	0.061-0.185	<0.001
Male sex	1.415	−0.203-3.034	0.086
Hypertension	0.364	−0.690-1.418	0.494
Body mass index	−0.002	−0.415-0.411	0.991
Waist circumference	0.018	−0.124-0.161	0.800
HDL cholesterol	−0.023	−0.084-0.038	0.458
Triglyceride	−0.002	−0.012-0.008	0.683

Abbreviations: NAFLD Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, CI confidence interval.

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