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Table 3 Association of eating quickly with AST/ALT ratio < 1 or ALT > 40 (Japan, from April 2013 to March 2014)

From: Eating quickly is associated with a low aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio in middle-aged adults: a large-scale cross-sectional survey in Japan

  

Not eating quickly group

Eating quickly group

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

    

OR (95%CI)

p value

OR (95%CI)

p value

OR (95%CI)

p value

Men

 

(n = 131,991)

(n = 53,533)

      
 

AST/ALT ratio < 1, n (%)

58,290 (44.2)

29,307 (54.7)

1.53 (1.50–1.56)

<  0.001

1.44 (1.41–1.47)

<  0.001

1.08 (1.06–1.11)

<  0.001

 

AST/ALT ratio ≥ 1, n (%)

73,701 (55.8)

24,226 (45.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 
 

ALT > 40, n (%)

17,113 (13.0)

9502 (17.7)

1.45 (1.41–1.49)

<  0.001

1.44 (1.40–1.48)

<  0.001

1.07 (1.04–1.11)

<  0.001

 

ALT ≤40, n (%)

114,878 (87.0)

44,031 (82.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Women

 

(n = 75,287)

(n = 22,162)

      
 

AST/ALT ratio < 1, n (%)

13,459 (17.9)

5040 (22.7)

1.36 (1.31–1.41)

<  0.001

1.37 (1.32–1.43)

<  0.001

1.11 (1.06–1.15)

<  0.001

 

AST/ALT ratio ≥ 1, n (%)

61,928 (82.1)

17,122 (77.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 
 

ALT > 40, n (%)

3127 (4.1)

1213 (5.5)

1.34 (1.25–1.43)

<  0.001

1.42 (1.32–1.53)

<  0.001

1.09 (1.01–1.18)

<  0.001

 

ALT ≤40, n (%)

72,260 (95.9)

20,949 (94.5)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 
  1. BMI body mass index, AST aspartate amino transferase, ALT alanine amino transferase
  2. γ-GTP, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval
  3. Model 1: No adjustment
  4. Model 2: Adjusted for age, γ-GTP, smoking status, alcohol intake and physical activity
  5. Moedl 3: Adjusted for age, γ-GTP, smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity and BMI