Sonographic fatty liver and hepatitis B virus carrier status: Synergistic effect on liver damage in Taiwanese adults

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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2007; 13(12): 1805-1810
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Table 3 Characteristics of four subgroups classified by HBVC and SFL positive or negative status mean ± SD

Characteristics	Liver status
Characteristics	HBVC(-) SFL(-) (n = 3063)	HBVC(-) SFL(+) (n = 1526)	HBVC(+) SFL(-) (n = 540)	HBVC(+) SFL(+) (n = 277)
Age (yr)	45.4 ± 9.7	47.9 ± 8.8^b	44.8 ± 8.8	48.2 ± 8.3^b
BMI (kg/m²)	22.3 ± 2.7	25.9 ± 3.0^b	22.5 ± 2.7	26.1 ± 3.2^b
Waist (cm)	79.9 ± 8.5	87.5 ± 8.0^b	79.9 ± 8.5	88.9 ± 9.4^b
AST (U/L)	20.9 ± 8.1	24.5 ± 8.3^b	25.6 ± 12.5^b	29.6 ± 16.4^b
ALT (U/L)	20.3 ± 14.6	32.3 ± 18.5^b	29.2 ± 23.3^b	43.3 ± 39.4^b
Male, n(%)	1310 (42.8)	961 (63.0)^b	288 (53.3)^b	201 (72.6)^b
Overweight, n (%)	769 (25.1)	1114 (73.0)^b	151 (28.0)	203 (73.3)^b
Central obesity, n (%)	476 (15.5)	407 (26.7)^b	69 (12.8)	86 (31.1)^b
LD, n (%)	129 (4.2)	363 (23.8)^b	71 (13.2)^a	103 (37.2)^b
HBsAb-negative, n (%)	797 (26.0)	414 (27.1)

HBVC, hepatitis B virus carrier status. SFL, sonographic fatty liver. HBVC (-) SFL (-), without SFL nor HBVC; HBVC (-) SFL (+), SFL-alone; HBVC (+) SFL (-), HBVC-alone; HBVC (+) SFL (+), SFL plus HBVC. BMI, body mass index = Weight (kg)/Length (m)². 5ALT, alanine aminotranferease (U/L); AST, aspartate aminotransferase (U/L); HBsAb, anti-hepatitis B surface antibody. BMI > 24. Waist circumference > 90 cm for men; > 80 cm for women. LD: liver damage defined as ALT > 40 (U/L).

^aP < 0.01 and

^bP < 0.01 vs reference subjects HBVC (-) SFL (-); Student's t test for continuous variables; χ² tests for categorical variables.

Citation: Lin YC, Hsiao ST, Chen JD. Sonographic fatty liver and hepatitis B virus carrier status: Synergistic effect on liver damage in Taiwanese adults. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(12): 1805-1810
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