Increased bone mineral density in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Table 5 Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry results of patients in the non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and the control group

Parameter	NASH groupmean ± SD (range)	Control groupmean ± SD (range)	P value
Lumbar BMD	1.057 ± 0.119	0.941 ± 0.133	0.001
Lumbar T-score	-0.77 ± 1.25 (-2.9-2.6)	-1.58 ± 1.36 (-3.7-2.2)	0.009
Lumbar Z-score	-0.44 ± 1.38 (-3.3-2.9)	-1.18 ± 1.28 (-2.9-2.5)	0.019
Femoral BMD	1.004 ± 0.118	0.972 ± 0.130	0.305
Femoral T-score	0.32 ± 0.87 (-2-1.8)	0.062 ± 1.02 (-1.7-2.1)	0.242
Femoral Z-score	0.65 ± 0.92 (-1.5-2.8)	0.35 ± 0.94 (-1.6-2)	0.178

NASH: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; BMD: Bone mineral density.