Table 2 The association between serum iron and ALT

Iron (ug/dL)

0.015 (0.009, 0.020)***

0.026 (0.020, 0.032)***

0.026 (0.020, 0.031)***

Quartiles of iron

 Q1 (lowest quartile)

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Q2

1.428 (0.854, 2.003)***

1.435 (0.869, 2.002)***

1.415 (0.849, 1.981)***

 Q3

1.667 (1.099, 2.235)***

2.095 (1.529, 2.661)***

2.051 (1.485, 2.617)***

 Q4

1.598 (1.040, 2.155)***

2.575 (2.007, 3.143)***

2.540 (1.972, 3.108)***

 P for trend

 < 0.001***

 < 0.001***

 < 0.001***

Stratified by age (years) #

 18–24

− 0.003 (− 0.016, 0.010)

0.013 (− 0.000, 0.026)

0.013 (− 0.000, 0.026)

 25–34

0.001 (− 0.015, 0.016)

0.014 (− 0.002, 0.030)

0.015 (− 0.002, 0.031)

 35–44

0.005 (− 0.008, 0.018)

0.019 (0.006, 0.032)**

0.019 (0.006, 0.032)**

 45–54

0.049 (0.034, 0.063)***

0.062 (0.047, 0.076)***

0.061 (0.047, 0.076)***

 ≥ 55

0.026 (0.018, 0.035)***

0.032 (0.024, 0.041)***

0.032 (0.023, 0.040)***

Stratified by race #

 Mexican American

0.005 (− 0.017, 0.028)

0.027 (0.004, 0.050)*

0.027 (0.005, 0.050)*

 Other Hispanic

0.035 (0.010, 0.060)**

0.045 (0.020, 0.070)***

0.044 (0.019, 0.069)***

 Non-Hispanic White

0.009 (0.002, 0.017)*

0.023 (0.015, 0.030)***

0.022 (0.014, 0.030)***

 Non-Hispanic Black

0.029 (0.019, 0.039)***

0.030 (0.019, 0.040)***

0.029 (0.019, 0.040)***

 Other Races

0.024 (0.012, 0.037)***

0.035 (0.022, 0.048)***

0.034 (0.021, 0.046)***