Table 3

The association between multiple metabolic parameters and liver fibrosis in postmenopausal women after adjusting for BMI, age and FPG

	Subjects with biopsy-proven NAFLD (n=46)		Subjects with ¹H-MRS-proven NAFLD (n=445)
	Fibrosis stage	P valve	NFS	P valve
Calcium	0.111	0.507	−0.193	<0.001
Phosphate	0.317	0.052	−0.190	<0.001
Magnesium	−0.083	0.619	−0.125	0.016
PTH	−0.138	0.037	0.189	<0.001
Osteocalcin	0.155	0.353	0.117	0.024
25(OH)D	−0.065	0.697	−0.138	0.008
β-CTX	0.257	0.119	0.077	0.138
PINP	0.305	0.062	0.114	0.028

BMI, body mass index; β-CTX, procollagen type I carboxy terminal peptide β special sequence; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; ¹H-MRS, proton magnetic resonance spectrum; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NFS, NAFLD fibrosis score; 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; PINP, procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide; PTH, parathyroid hormone.