title: [Correlation between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and three anthropometric indices].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the correlation between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and three anthropometric indices, namely waist to hip ratio (WHR), body mass index (BMI) and waist to height ratio (WHtR).
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective case-control study involved 77 NAFLD patients and 50 patients without such disease, and their data of the 3 anthropometric indices were collected. Risk correlation analysis and Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test were used for correlation analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  NAFLD was significantly correlated to WHR (chi(2)(MH)=59.609, P<0.001; odds ratio=30.522, 95% CI 12.815-72.695), WHtR (chi(2)(MH)=45.316, P<0.001; odds ratio=21.037, 95% CI 8.665-51.072) and showed a dose-response relationship with BMI (chi(2)=25.017, P<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results support a close correlation between NAFLD and the 3 anthropometric indices, indicating that BMI, WHR and WHtR can be significant predictors of NAFLD and have potential value for evaluating and predicting NAFLD.
authors.affiliation: Research and Therapy Center for Liver Diseases, 175 Hospital of PLA, Zhangzhou 363000, China. queeniellky@foxmail.com
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Xue-wan
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Rui-dan
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Jia-rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Lun-gen
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001824:Body Constitution; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055105:Waist Circumference; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio; D055815:Young Adult