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Table 1 Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of all studied subjects

From: The relationship between hepatic resistin overexpression and inflammation in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

 

NASH

Simple steatosis

Controls

Pvalue

(n = 30)

(n = 28)

(n = 43)

Age (year)

42 ± 9

44 ± 12

45 ± 14

0.64

Sex (male/female)

19/11

19/9

29/14

0.92

Body weight (kg)

80.5 ± 10.2a,b

74.8 ± 10.1

62.1 ± 7.9

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

28.2 ± 1.9a,b

26.6 ± 2.6

22.0 ± 1.8

<0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

101 ± 10b

99 ± 10

84 ± 7

<0.001

WHR

0.95 ± 0.04b

0.94 ± 0.05

0.87 ± 0.05

<0.001

ALT (U/L)

82 ± 14a,b

68 ± 13

21 ± 9

<0.001

AST (U/L)

38 ± 9b

35 ± 8

18 ± 6

<0.001

GGT (U/L)

86 ± 14b

80 ± 15

28 ± 10

<0.001

Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

6.1 ± 0.6b

5.9 ± 0.5

4.9 ± 0.4

<0.001

Fasting insulin (μIU/mL)

10.9 ± 2.2b

10.2 ± 2.5

7.4 ± 2.3

<0.001

HOMA-IR score

2.9 ± 0.6b

2.6 ± 0.7

1.6 ± 0.5

<0.001

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

2.22 ± 0.62b

2.04 ± 0.51

1.13 ± 0.44

<0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.32 ± 0.75

5.19 ± 0.72

4.99 ± 0.57

0.12

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.21 ± 0.23b

1.12 ± 0.26

1.33 ± 0.18

0.01

LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.26 ± 0.52b

3.23 ± 0.69

2.55 ± 0.47

<0.001

CK-18 (U/L)

391.89 ± 123.68a,b

277.87 ± 109.90

163.62 ± 73.52

<0.001

  1. Results were expressed as mean ± SD.
  2. a P < 0.05 vs. simple steatosis group; b P < 0.05 vs. Controls.