Table 4 Characteristics of the alcohol-free 5,289 subjects (3,473 females and 1,816 males) focusing on the presence of fatty liver (NAFLD) and its association with 19 continuous variables

Age (years old)

50.8 ± 8.1

47.6 ± 8.9

<0.0001*

47.6 ± 8.6

47.4 ± 10.1

0.5126

Height (cm)

156.9 ± 5.4

157.8 ± 5.5

<0.0001*

170.7 ± 5.8

170.9 ± 6.0

0.4956

Weight (kg)

61.8 ± 9.8

51.2 ± 6.3

<0.0001*

72.8 ± 10.0

63.8 ± 8.0

<0.0001*

BMI (kg/m²)

25.1 ± 3.7

20.5 ± 2.3

<0.0001*

25.0 ± 3.0

21.8 ± 2.3

<0.0001*

AST (IU/l)

21.4 ± 9.2

19.0 ± 5.4

<0.0001*

23.8 ± 10.6

20.0 ± 5.3

<0.0001*

ALT (IU/l)

23.5 ± 17.7

16.2 ± 7.8

<0.0001*

35.1 ± 30.7

21.3 ± 9.4

<0.0001*

GGT (IU/l)

26.4 ± 24.6

18.2 ± 14.8

<0.0001*

40.5 ± 41.0

26.6 ± 22.4

<0.0001*

T-Bil (mg/dl)

0.71 ± 0.26

0.74 ± 0.26

<0.0004*

0.85 ± 0.36

0.86 ± 0.37

0.5524

ALB (g/dl)

4.26 ± 0.22

4.24 ± 0.21

0.0148

4.41 ± 0.23

4.35 ± 0.22

<0.0001*

PLT (10⁴/μl)

26.1 ± 6.0

23.7 ± 5.6

<0.0001*

24.7 ± 5.1

22.9 ± 4.9

<0.0001*

TC (mg/dl)

213.2 ± 33.4

201.2 ± 33.6

<0.0001*

207.4 ± 32.9

192.6 ± 29.9

<0.0001*

HDL-C (mg/dl)

62.9 ± 14.0

74.1 ± 15.0

<0.0001*

50.5 ± 10.7

59.5 ± 13.8

<0.0001*

LDL-C (mg/dl)

136.0 ± 31.8

118.2 ± 30.3

<0.0001*

138.6 ± 29.5

121.3 ± 27.8

<0.0001*

TG (mg/dl)

107.8 ± 71.0

69.1 ± 31.2

<0.0001*

144.1 ± 92.0

91.6 ± 47.7

<0.0001*

HbA1c (%)

5.55 ± 0.54

5.34 ± 0.35

<0.0001*

5.51 ± 0.63

5.31 ± 0.40

<0.0001*

FBS (mg/dl)

94.5 ± 14.7

88.1 ± 9.1

<0.0001*

98.4 ± 17.0

92.2 ± 8.5

<0.0001*

SBP (mmHg)

119.4 ± 16.8

107.7 ± 14.4

<0.0001*

118.6 ± 14.5

111.2 ± 13.3

<0.0001*

DBP (mmHg)

74.2 ± 10.6

66.9 ± 9.5

<0.0001*

74.9 ± 9.4

70.0 ± 8.8

<0.0001*

Waist (cm)

87.3 ± 8.7

75.7 ± 6.5

<0.0001*

87.3 ± 7.5

78.6 ± 6.6

<0.0001*