ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the correlation between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and three anthropometric indices, namely waist to hip ratio (WHR), body mass index (BMI) and waist to height ratio (WHtR).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>This retrospective case-control study involved 77 NAFLD patients and 50 patients without such disease, and their data of the 3 anthropometric indices were collected. Risk correlation analysis and Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test were used for correlation analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>NAFLD was significantly correlated to WHR (chi(2)(MH)=59.609, P<0.001; odds ratio=30.522, 95% CI 12.815-72.695), WHtR (chi(2)(MH)=45.316, P<0.001; odds ratio=21.037, 95% CI 8.665-51.072) and showed a dose-response relationship with BMI (chi(2)=25.017, P<0.001).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>These results support a close correlation between NAFLD and the 3 anthropometric indices, indicating that BMI, WHR and WHtR can be significant predictors of NAFLD and have potential value for evaluating and predicting NAFLD.</p>