Indian patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease presenting with raised transaminases are different at presentation

Table 1 Liver histology in 43 patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), n (%)

Class I		2 (5)
Class II		19 (44)
Class III		8 (19)
Class IV		14 (32)
NASH (class III + IV) on histology (n = 22)
Grade	1	10 (45)
	2	12 (55)
	3	0
Stage	0	6 (27)
	1	7 (32)
	2	5 (23)
	3	4 (18)
	4	0
Perls’ Prussian blue staining on liver
biopsy (n = 30)
	0	20 (67)
	1+	6 (20)
	2+	4 (13)
	3+	0
	4+	0

Table 2 Clinical and laboratory parameters in 127 patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

mean age ± SD (yr)	39.2 ± 10.7
Males	84
Mean body weight (range) (kg)	71 (45-100)
Mean BMI (range) (kg/m2)	28.7 (19-34)
Overweight	27 (21%)
Obesity	86 (68%)
Abnormal waist	104 (82%)
Insulin resistance	48/58 (83%)
Diabetes mellitus	16 (13%)
Hypertension	13 (10%)
Dyslipidemia	67 (53%)
Metabolic syndrome	39/81 (48%)