Independent predictors of the severity of liver disease (presence of NASH and clinically significant fibrosis, i.e. stage >1) at multivariate logistic regression analysis in 159 patients with histological NAFLD.

OR: odds ratio; c.i.: confidence interval; high risk of OSAS with sleepiness: positivity for both BQ and ESS vs. all other patients. BMI: body mass index; IFG: impaired fasting glucose; ALT: alanine aminotransferases.