Brief Article
Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Hepatol. May 27, 2013; 5(5): 281-287
Published online May 27, 2013. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v5.i5.281
Table 1 Clinical, anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of the non-nonalcoholic steatohepatitis fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients
VariableNNFLNASHP
n = 102n = 75value
Age, yr, (mean ± SD)39.3 ± 9.441.0 ± 9.70.24
Sex: male/female42/6031/441.00
Body mass index (kg/m2)27.8 ± 3.927.8 ± 4.60.998
Waist (cm)
Male93.0 ± 5.593.0 ± 9.80.081
Female95.8 ± 9.995.6 ± 11.00.927
HDL (mg/dL)
Male36.3 ± 8.934.2 ± 6.50.337
Female39.8 ± 10.339.2 ± 10.30.801
Serum triglyceride (mg/dL)225.2 ± 165.8239.8 ± 111.60.509
Insulin resistance index1.8 ± 1.31.5 ± 0.70.337
Diabetes (present/absent)13/8625/480.001
Hypertension (present/absent)17/6517/480.555
Metabolic syndrome (present/absent)41/4139/320.328
ALT (U/L)56.9 ± 38.856.3 ± 31.80.603
AST (U/L)46.9 ± 63.746.1 ± 22.20.916
GGT (U/L)40.4 ± 22.651.7 ± 32.80.05