Adipokines, cytokines and body fat stores in hepatitis C virus liver steatosis

Table 2 Anthropometric measurements in patients with marked or less marked liver steatosis

	Steatosis over the median		Steatosis below the median
	n	X ± SD	n	X ± SD
Left arm fat mass (g)	27	1345.04 ± 871.98	24	783.30 ± 577.62	t = 2.68; P = 0.01
Right arm fat mass (g)	27	1396.97 ± 1084.44	24	852.37 ± 827.60	t = 2.00; P = 0.05
Trunk fat mass (g)	27	12673.68 ± 6077.05	24	7939.57 ± 5027.19	t = 3.01; P = 0.004
Left leg fat mass (g)	27	3919.72 ± 2533.87	24	2683.13 ± 2018.77	t = 1.91; NS
Right leg fat mass (g)	27	3948.29 ± 2626.75	24	2805.25 ± 1905.64	t = 1.76; NS
Total body fat mass (g)	27	23981.22 ± 12381.84	24	15733.66 ± 9812.41	t = 2.61; P = 0.012
Left arm lean mass (g)	26	2769.64 ± 783.77	24	2899.09 ± 941.35	t = 0.53; NS
Right arm lean mass (g)	26	2749.02 ± 819.68	24	3064.65 ± 1649.64	t = 0.87; NS
Trunk lean mass (g)	26	24458.49 ± 4791.16	24	23122.30 ± 4155.06	t = 1.05; NS
Left leg lean mass (g)	26	7469.77 ± 1684.70	24	7011.75 ± 1945.39	t = 0.89; NS
Right leg lean mass (g)	26	7651.20 ± 1664.56	24	7404.65 ± 1444.64	t = 0.56; NS
Total lean mass (g)	26	48592.11 ± 9723.42	24	47309.62 ± 8352.70	t = 0.50; NS
Body mass index (kg/m2)	28	25.55 ± 2.51	27	22.79 ± 3.76	t = 2.61; P = 0.012
Trunk fat/legs fat	27	1.85 ± 0.87	24	1.56 ± 0.42	t = 1.49; NS

NS: Not significant.