From: Association between liver enzymes and bone mineral density in Koreans: a cross-sectional study
 | n | AST | ALT | GGT |
---|---|---|---|---|
meana | meana | meana | ||
Total | 7160 | Â | Â | Â |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 3093 | 22.60 | 22.83 | 34.22 |
 Female | 4067 | 18.66 | 14.92 | 17.28 |
 p-value |  | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
Education level | ||||
 ≤ Elementary school graduation | 1622 | 22.51 | 18.72 | 25.11 |
 Middle school graduation | 767 | 21.87 | 19.73 | 27.70 |
 High school graduation | 2450 | 20.09 | 18.08 | 24.00 |
 ≥ College graduation | 2321 | 19.75 | 18.37 | 23.36 |
 p-value |  | <.0001 | 0.01 | <.0001 |
Smoking status | ||||
 Nonsmoker | 4356 | 19.15 | 16.01 | 18.55 |
 Previous smoker | 1292 | 22.58 | 22.07 | 30.92 |
 Current smoker | 1512 | 22.33 | 22.07 | 36.55 |
 p-value |  | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
Drinking status | ||||
 No | 3227 | 19.71 | 17.11 | 18.78 |
 Yes | 3933 | 21.09 | 19.39 | 28.83 |
 p-value |  | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
Moderate physical exercise | ||||
 No | 6396 | 20.49 | 18.45 | 24.27 |
 Yes | 764 | 20.83 | 18.39 | 24.54 |
 p-value |  | 0.33 | 0.87 | 0.75 |
History of osteoporosis physician diagnosis | ||||
 No | 6720 | 20.47 | 18.43 | 24.41 |
 Yes | 338 | 21.28 | 17.72 | 20.36 |
 p-value |  | 0.04 | 0.12 | <.0001 |
History of diabetes | ||||
 Normal | 5247 | 19.71 | 17.14 | 21.78 |
 IFG | 1241 | 23.18 | 22.87 | 33.93 |
 DM | 672 | 23.87 | 24.36 | 35.83 |
 p-value |  | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |