Higher fatty liver index is associated with increased risk of new onset heart failure in healthy adults: a nationwide population-based study in Korea

Table 3 Association between fatty liver index and new-onset heart failure

FLI	N.	New-onset HF	Univariate			Model 1^a			Model 2^b
FLI	N.	New-onset HF	HR	95% CI	P-value	HR	95% CI	P-value	HR	95% CI	P-value
FLI quartile
Q1 (0–4.9)	77,143	307 (0.4)	Reference			Reference			Reference
Q2 (5.0–12.5)	77,137	543 (0.7)	1.691	1.470–1.945	< 0.001	1.104	0.958–1.271	0.171	1.071	0.930–1.234	0.339
Q3 (12.6–31.0)	77,153	792 (1.0)	2.409	2.112–2.748	< 0.001	1.386	1.212–1.586	< 0.001	1.314	1.147–1.504	< 0.001
Q4 (> 31.0)	77,145	890 (1.2)	2.709	2.380–3.085	< 0.001	1.857	1.620–2.127	< 0.001	1.710	1.489–1.964	< 0.001

CI confidential interval, FLI fatty liver index, HR hazard ratio
^aCox proportional hazard models including age, and sex as covariates
^bCox proportional hazard models including age, sex, smoking, amount of alcohol drinking, activity, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, cholesterol and fatty liver index as covariates

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