Association of the frequency of peripheral natural killer T cells with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Figure 1 Frequency of peripheral NKT cells in NAFLD patients versus healthy controls. Boxes show values within 25^th and 75^th percentiles, horizontal bar represents the median, 80% of values are between the extremities of vertical bars (10^th-90^th percentiles), and extreme values are represented by individual symbols. ^bP < 0.001 vs healthy controls.

Figure 2 Relationships between the frequency of peripheral NKT cells and BMI, waist circumference and ALT. A: The frequency of peripheral NKT cells was compared between the subjects with BMI ≥ 24 kg/m² (n = 68) and the subjects with BMI < 24 kg/m² (n = 52), ^bP < 0.01 vs subjects with BMI < 24 kg/m²; B: The frequency of peripheral NKT cells was compared between the subjects with waist circumference ≥ 90 cm for male and ≥ 85 cm for female (n = 47) and the subjects with normal waist circumference (n = 73), ^aP < 0.05 vs subjects with normal waist circumference; C: The frequency of peripheral NKT cells was compared between the subjects with ALT ≥ 50 U/L (n = 21) and the subjects with ALT < 50 U/L (n = 99), ^cP < 0.01 vs subjects with ALT < 50 U/L.