Prevalence of fatty liver disease and its risk factors in the population of South China

Table 4 Serum levels and lipid profiles in FLD patients and controls (mean ± SE)

	n	TG (mmol/L)	TC (mmol/L)	HDL-C (mmol/L)	LDL-C (mmol/L)	FSG (mmol/L)
FLD	609	2.81 ± 2.55	5.52 ± 1.11	1.72 ± 1.25	3.06 ± 0.91	6.01 ± 2.68
Controls	2934	1.63 ± 1.59	5.19 ± 1.07	1.67 ± 0.57	2.90 ± 0.81	4.95 ± 1.56
P		< 0.001	< 0.01	> 0.05	< 0.01	< 0.01

FLD: Fatty liver disease; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.