Urinary metabolomics analysis identifies key biomarkers of different stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Figure 2 Characteristics of the study participants. Mean concentrations of (A) glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c); (B) fasting blood glucose (FBG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC); (C) alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP); and (D) total bilirubin (TBil) and direct bilirubin (DBil) in the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and healthy control groups. E: Results of ultrasound examination in the three groups. Significant differences among the three groups were assessed by one-way ANOVA in A-D and by t-tests in E. ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01 vs the control group; ^cP < 0.05, ^dP < 0.01 vs the NAFLD group.