Are hepatic steatosis and carotid intima media thickness associated in obese patients with normal or slightly elevated gamma-glutamyl-transferase?

Table 3 Factor analysis

	1	2	3
HSP-70	0.068	-0.056	-0.35
AGE	0.817	-0.005	-0.056
BMI	0.005	0.83	0.04
Waist Circumference	0.15	0.78	0.21
Total Cholesterol	0.19	-0.16	-0.25
HDL-Cholesterol	-0.04	-0.02	-0.72
Triglycerides	0.11	0.10	0.559
ALT	-0.12	-0.050	0.56
GGT	0.27	-0.03	0.52
CRP	-0.004	0.480	-0.078
Fibrinogen	-0.22	0.24	0.08
Ferritin	0.276	-0.18	0.51
Sistolic Blood Pressure	0.38	0.22	0.17
Dastolic Blood Pressure	0.25	0.07	0.285
Hepatic Steatosis	0.25	0.625	0.28
HOMA	0.006	0.325	0.49
SAT	-0.275	0.69	-0.2
VAT	0.41	0.575	0.43
SLD	-0.27	0.08	0.29
IMT-R	0.80	0.04	0.095
IMT-L	0.77	0.001	0.01
Percentage of variance explained
	13.2	14.5	12.8

Factor analysis (varimax rotation) showing hidden associations, the values of which are evidenced in italics. The critical value was calculated by doubling Pearson's correlation coefficient for 1% level of significance (5.152)/square root of patients (200) minus 2, i.e., 0.366. HSP-70, heat shock protein-70; BMI, body mass index; HOMA, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue at ultranonography (US), VAT visceral adipose tissue at US; SLD spleen longitudinal diameter at US; CRP c reactive protein; GGT gamma glutamyl transferase; ALT alanine aminotransferase; IMTL intima media thickness of left carotid; IMTR intima media thickness of right carotid

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