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Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of subjects with and without NAFLD

From: NOX2-generated oxidative stress is associated with severity of ultrasound liver steatosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

 

NAFLD (213)

w/o NAFLD (51)

p

Age (yrs)

54,3 ± 12

56,1 ± 14,4

Ns

Male Gender (%)

64,6

63,3

Ns

BMI (kg/m2)

31,6 ± 5,6

26,8 ± 3,6

<0,001

Urinary 8-iso-PGF2α (pg/mg creatinine)

714,4 ± 121,5

621,2 ± 125,9

<0,001

sNOX2-dp (pg/ml)

57,4 ± 13.6

47,8 ± 9.9

<0.001

Adiponectin (ng/ml)

8,5 (5/12)

13 (8/15)

<0,001

Cytokeratin 18 (mIU/ml)

180 (146/190)

136 (125/173)

<0,001

ALT (IU/L)

27,5 (20/40)

18 (14/27)

<0,001

HOMA_IR

3,5 (2,4/5,9)

1,9 (1,3/2,3)

<0,001

Metabolic syndrome (%)*

67,7

21,7

<0,001

High fasting glucose (%)*

53,8

29,8

< 0,01

Hypertriglyceridemia (%)*

46,9

14,6

<0,001

High waist circumference (%)*

81,9

42,6

<0,001

Low HDL-cholesterol (%)*

37,2

18,8

< 0,05

High blood pressure (%)*

84,5

75,5

Ns

Diabetes (%)

31,1

12,2

< 0,01

Statin use (%)

33,5

42,9

Ns

  1. *According to ATPIII modified criteria (Ref. 30).