Disease-specific miR-34a as diagnostic marker of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in a Chinese population

Table 1 General and biochemical parameters of chronic hepatitis B and Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients

Parameters	Group
	Control (n = 37)	CHB (n = 26)	NAFLD (n = 48)
General parameters
Age (yr)	43.8 ± 1.3	40.1 ± 2.7	38.1 ± 1.8
Male n (%)	18 (48.6)	16 (61.5)	35 (72.9)
BMI (kg/m2)	21.4 ± 0.3	23.0 ± 0.61	26.9 ± 0.512
Biochemical parameters
ALT (U/L)	19.1 ± 2.4	138.2 ± 30.81	68.7 ± 7.412
GGT (U/L)	19.1 ± 1.9	83.8 ± 16.7	110.5 ± 35.9
TC (mmol/L)	4.5 ± 0.1	4.5 ± 0.2	4.9 ± 0.1
TG (mmol/L)	0.8 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.21	2.1 ± 0.21
HDL (mmol/L)	1.4 ± 0.0	1.1 ± 0.11	1.2 ± 0.01
LDL (mmol/L)	2.4 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.1	2.9 ± 0.112

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.

¹P < 0.05 vs the control group;

²P < 0.05 vs the chronic hepatitis B (CHB) group. NAFLD: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; BMI: Body mass index; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; GGT: γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides; HDL: High density lipoprotein; LDL: Low density lipoprotein.