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Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of study population.

From: Strong association between non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and low 25(OH) vitamin D levels in an adult population with normal serum liver enzymes

Parameter

NAFLD (n = 162)

No NAFLD (n = 100)

p-value

Age (years)

52.07 ± 8.18

49.81 ± 7.7

n.s.

Sex^ (M/F)

89/73

51/49

n.s.

BMI (kg/m2)

31.36 ± 5.49

25.87 ± 5.1

< 0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

105.94 ± 12.68

90.26 ± 18.10

< 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

132.90 ± 14.63

120.12 ± 18.74

< 0.001

DBP (mHg)

81.20 ± 9.83

77.23 ± 7.93

0.005

HOMA-IR

10.42 ± 15.44

3.62 ± 2.89

< 0.001

FBG (mg/dl)

114.8 ± 27.9

100.4 ± 28.6

< 0.001

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

195.76 ± 42.37

198.85 ± 40.18

n.s.

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

46.76 ± 10.89

56.34 ± 12.29

< 0.001

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

116.97 ± 43.39

119.41 ± 41.19

n.s.

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

172.5 ± 95.2

103.1 ± 47.6

< 0.001

AST (IU/l)

26.5 ± 15.4

18.9 ± 5.6

< 0.001

ALT (IU/l)

37.7 ± 24.6

20.4 ± 10

< 0.001

GGT (IU/l)

45.5 ± 71.2

20.3 ± 14.7

< 0.001

Alkaline phosphatase (IU/l)

73.3 ± 27.4

61.7 ± 20.9

0.02

25(OH) vitamin D (ng/ml)

14.8 ± 9.2

20.5 ± 9.7

< 0.001

FLI

71.66 ± 25.25

30.25 ± 28.93

< 0.001

MS^ (%/n)

73/118

23/23

< 0.001

T2D^ (%/n)

39/63

39/63

< 0.001

NAFLD degree

I = 43%

II = 39.2%

III = 17.8%

  
  1. Results are shown as mean ± SD. Student's T test. ^Chi-square test applied. HOMA-IR, FBG, triglycerides, AST, ALT, GGT and alkaline phosphatase were considered as log-values in the analysis.