Chronic hepatitis B, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and physical fitness of military males: CHIEF study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of military men with chronic hepatitis B or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and the unaffected

	Chronic hepatitis B, n = 121	Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, n = 129	Unaffected, n = 3419	P value
Age in years	33.5 ± 4.1	30.2 ± 5.1	29.2 ± 5.9	< 0.0001
Service specialty				0.29
Air force	36 (29.75)	38 (29.46)	953 (27.87)
Army	55 (45.45)	56 (43.41)	1743 (50.98)
Navy	30 (24.79)	35 (27.13)	723 (21.15)
BMI in kg/m2	25.5 ± 2.7	27.6 ± 2.5	24.7 ± 3.1	< 0.0001
Waist circumstance in cm	85.4 ± 6.4	90.0 ± 5.9	83.1 ± 8.0	< 0.0001
SBP in mmHg	117.2 ± 12.7	123.4 ± 12.6	118.2 ± 13.1	< 0.0001
DBP in mmHg	71.6 ± 10.7	73.6 ± 10.4	70.4 ± 10.1	0.0009
Heart rate in beats/min	74.9 ± 10.8	74.0 ± 11.7	72.0 ± 10.8	0.0021
Hypertension	11 (9.09)	17 (13.18)	294 (8.60)	0.19
AST in U/L	24.1 ± 13.7	43.4 ± 16.4	19.8 ± 6.8	< 0.0001
ALT in U/L	32.7 ± 27.8	85.4 ± 29.9	20.4 ± 10.8	< 0.0001
Hb in g/dL	15.2 ± 1.0	15.4 ± 1.1	15.2 ± 1.0	0.016
Cigarette smoking	38 (31.40)	43 (33.86)	1295 (38.46)	0.18
Alcohol drinking	62 (51.24)	47 (36.43)	1507 (44.08)	0.062
Exercise frequency				0.55
Never or occasionally	23 (19.01)	27 (20.93)	719 (21.03)
1-2 times/wk	43 (35.54)	56 (43.41)	1279 (37.41)
> 3-5 times/wk	55 (45.45)	46 (35.66)	1421 (41.56)

Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± SD, and categorical variables as n (%). ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; BMI: Body mass index; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; Hb: Hemoglobin; SBP: Systolic blood pressure.