Table 4

Crude and adjusted ORs with associated 95% CIs of BMI categories for cancer stratified by NAFLD in 233 patients with T2DM

VariablesCrude ORAdjusted OR†
OR95% CIP valueOR95% CIP value
Non-NAFLD
BMI category (kg/m2)
 Underweight or normal weight (<23.0)1.0001.000
 Overweight (23.0–24.9)1.2120.105 to 13.9490.8784.8680.121 to 196.0760.401
 Obesity (≥25.0)1.7500.282 to 10.8630.5482.9430.228 to 38.0230.408
 Trend test0.5450.476
NAFLD
BMI category (kg/m2)
 Underweight or normal weight (<23.0)1.0001.000
 Overweight (23.0–24.9)0.6670.126 to 3.5260.6331.9190.174 to 21.2230.595
 Obesity (≥25.0)0.1700.030 to 0.9520.044*0.2440.025 to 2.3900.226
 Trend test0.021*0.060
  • *P<0.05.

  • †Adjusted for sex, age, ever smoking, ever drinking, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, triglyceride, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, HbA1c, serum uric acid, oral hypoglycemic medications and insulin use.

  • BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.