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Table 1 Prevalence of elevated ALT stratified by sociodemographic, work- and lifestyle-related factors (n = 15,348)

From: Factors associated with elevated alanine aminotransferase in employees of a German chemical company: results of a large cross-sectional study

  n (%) % ALT elevated men: > 45 U/L women: > 34 U/L Geometric mean U/L (GSD) Median U/L (IQR)
Total 15,348 (100.0) 18.5 28.9 (1.65) 28 (21–40)
Sociodemographic factors
 Age (in years)
  < 35 4030 (26.3) 17.2 27.1 (1.70) 26 (19–38)
  35–39 1818 (11.9) 19.8 28.9 (1.70) 28 (20–40)
  40–44 2200 (14.3) 18.5 28.2 (1.68) 28 (20–40)
  45–49 2742 (17.9) 19.5 30.1 (1.63) 29 (22–41)
  50–54 2534 (16.5) 18.9 30.6 (1.56) 30 (23–40)
  ≥ 55 2024 (13.2) 18.2 30.2 (1.57) 29 (22–39)
 Gender
  Male 12,013 (78.3) 21.6 32.8 (1.56) 31 (24–43)
  Female 3335 (21.7) 7.2 18.5 (1.52) 18 (14–23)
Work-related factors
 Working time system
  Day work 10,931 (71.2) 16.4 27.5 (1.66) 27 (19–38)
  Shift work 4417 (28.8) 23.6 32.9 (1.59) 32 (24–44)
 Occupational group
  Manual worker 5447 (35.5) 24.0 32.8 (1.61) 32 (24–44)
  Skilled/supervisory worker 6453 (42.0) 16.8 27.3 (1.67) 27 (19–38)
  Managerial staff 3448 (22.5) 13.1 26.5 (1.61) 26 (19–35)
Lifestyle-related factors
 Smoking statusa
  Non-smoker 8735 (56.9) 16.6 27.6 (1.65) 27 (20–38)
  Former smoker 3552 (23.1) 23.3 32.2 (1.62) 32 (23–44)
  Smoker 3023 (19.7) 18.6 29.5 (1.63) 29 (21–40)
 Body-mass-index (kg/m2)a
  Normal weight (< 25) 6138 (40.0) 7.8 23.1 (1.57) 23 (17–30)
  Overweight (25– < 30) 6281 (40.9) 20.1 31.5 (1.57) 31 (23–42)
  Obesity class I (30– < 35) 2150 (14.0) 36.4 38.0 (1.62) 38 (28–53)
  Obesity class II (35– < 40) 570 (3.7) 40.7 39.9 (1.71) 39.5 (28–56)
  Obesity class III (≥ 40) 207 (1.4) 40.1 40.5 (1.65) 37 (30–56)
 Alcohol consumptiona (drinks per week)
  < 1 4297 (28.0) 16.5 27.1 (1.67) 26 (19–37)
  1 3911 (25.5) 18.4 28.2 (1.66) 27 (20–39)
  2 3294 (21.5) 18.3 29.7 (1.61) 29 (22–40)
  ≥ 3 3256 (21.2) 21.7 31.9 (1.61) 31 (23–43)
Diabetes
 History of diabetes mellitus
  No 14,711 (95.9) 17.8 28.6 (1.64) 28 (21–39)
  Yes 637 (4.2) 35.5 37.4 (1.68) 36 (27–53)
Time of examination
 Day of week
  Monday 2920 (19.0) 18.5 28.6 (1.65) 28 (21–40)
  Tuesday 3717 (24.2) 18.5 28.7 (1.65) 28 (20–40)
  Wednesday 3170 (20.7) 18.6 29.1 (1.66) 28 (21–40)
  Thursday 3074 (20.0) 18.9 29.5 (1.62) 29 (21–39)
  Friday 2465 (16.1) 18.0 28.8 (1.66) 28 (20–39)
  Weekend 2 (0.0)
 Season
  Spring (March–May) 4175 (27.2) 20.2 29.9 (1.65) 29 (21–41)
  Summer (June–August) 3589 (23.4) 15.1 27.2 (1.63) 27 (20–37)
  Fall (September–November) 3291 (21.4) 17.2 28.4 (1.64) 28 (20–39)
  Winter (December–February) 4293 (28.0) 20.8 30.0 (1.66) 29 (21–41)
 Year
  2013 5778 (37.7) 17.6 28.4 (1.65) 28 (20–39)
  2014 2471 (16.1) 20.2 30.3 (1.63) 30 (22–41)
  2015 1232 (8.0) 20.6 29.7 (1.61) 29 (21–40)
  2016 1628 (10.6) 20.4 29.6 (1.68) 29 (21–40)
  2017 1897 (12.4) 15.5 27.8 (1.63) 27 (20–38)
  2018 2342 (15.3) 19.0 29.0 (1.67) 28 (21–39)
  1. GSD, geometric standard deviation factor, dimensionless, to be multiplied/divided by the geometric mean; IQR, interquartile range
  2. aMissing values for smoking status (n = 38), BMI (n = 2) and alcohol consumption (n = 590) have been omitted in the table