|
Variable
|
NAFLD (N = 75)
|
Control (N = 76)
|
Mean difference (95 % CI)
|
P*
|
|---|
|
Sex
| | | | |
|
Male [n (%)]
|
36 (48 %)
|
29 (38.2 %)
|
–
|
0.25
|
|
Female [n (%)]
|
39 (52 %)
|
47 (61.8 %)
|
–
| |
|
Age (years)
|
40.65 (8.41)
|
38.87 (8.2)
|
1.78 (−0.89 to 4.46)
|
0.18
|
|
BMI (kg/m2)
|
31.78 (4.17)
|
31.38 (4.04)
|
0.40 (−0.92 to 1.72)
|
0.54
|
|
WC (cm)
|
103.12 (9.46)
|
100.14 (8.72)
|
2.98 (0.55 to 5.90)
|
0.04
|
|
WHR
|
0.92 (0.06)
|
0.89 (0.06)
|
0.02 (0.002 to 0.04)
|
0.03
|
|
BMR (kcal/day)
|
1739.64 (290.53)
|
1679 (96.31)
|
60.64 (−33.74 to 155.02)
|
0.20
|
|
FM (%)
|
32.67 (8.58)
|
34.57 (8.02)
|
−1.90 (−4.57 to 0.76)
|
0.16
|
|
FFM (%)
|
67.06 (8.11)
|
65.51 (7.84)
|
−1.55 (−4.11 to 1.02)
|
0.23
|
|
TC (mg/dl)
|
183.44 (36.91)
|
187.96 (28.89)
|
−4.52 (−15.17 to 6.13)
|
0.40
|
|
HDL-C (mg/dl)
|
43.24 (11.4)
|
48.29 (11.6)
|
−5.05 (−8.75 to −1.35)
|
0.008
|
|
LDL-C (mg/dl)
|
104.11 (34.62)
|
111.52 (26.43)
|
−6.81 (−16.71 to 3.09)
|
0.03
|
|
FSG (mg/dl)
|
90.59 (11.24)
|
89.59 (9.93)
|
0.63 (−2.78 to 4.03)
|
0.71
|
|
ALT (IU/l)
|
49.96 (25.958)
|
26.84 (9.814)
|
23.12 (16.82 to 29.41)
|
<0.001
|
|
AST (IU/l)
|
32.99 (14.86)
|
23.08 (6.12)
|
9.91 (6.26 to 13.55)
|
<0.001
|
|
TG (mg/dl)
|
152.00 (114.00–225.00)
|
118.50 (79.50–198.00)
|
–
|
0.004
|
|
Physical activity
| | | |
0.56
|
|
MET: 3–6
|
62 (82.7 %)
|
60 (78.9 %)
|
–
| |
|
MET > 6
|
13 (17.3 %)
|
16 (21.1 %)
|
–
| |
- Italic values are statistically significant at P <0.05
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BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist to hip ratio, BMR basal metabolic rate, FM fat mass, FFM fat free mass, FSG fasting serum glucose, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high density cholesterol, LDL-C low density cholesterol, ALT alanine amino transferase, AST aspartate amino transferase, MET metabolic equivalent
- * P value for sex, physical activity and TG based on Chi Square tests and U Mann–Whitney respectively; otherwise based on independent t test using equal variable. TG are presented based on median (percentile 25th–percentile 75th) and other variables data are presented based on mean (SD)
