Association of the ideal cardiovascular behaviors and factors with the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective study.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the association of ideal cardiovascular behaviors and factors with the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) prospectively.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed 25 278 (21 433 men and 11 895 women) participants in the study. Participants were divided into four categories according to the number of ideal cardiovascular behaviors and factors: 0-2, 3, 4, and 5-7 groups. Multivariate logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

RESULTS: After adjustment for confounding factors, the multivariate logistic regression model showed that the risk of NAFLD among the groups with 3, 4, 5-7 ideal factors was lower than the 0-2 group; after adjustment for age, sex, income, education level, and other confounders, the odds ratios were 0.74 (95% CI: 0.68-0.80), 0.49 (95% CI: 0.45-0.53), and 0.37 (95% CI: 0.33-0.41), respectively.

CONCLUSION: The incidence of NAFLD decreased gradually with increasing ideal cardiovascular health behaviors and factors.