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Table 1 Subject characteristics

From: Influence of light alcohol consumption on lifestyle-related diseases: a predictor of fatty liver with liver enzyme elevation in Japanese females with metabolic syndrome

Number

1141

Age (years)

56.6 ± 8.3

BMI (kg/m2)

26.3 ± 3.6

WC (cm)

90.0 ± 7.2

SBP (mmHg)

131.1 ± 14.1

DBP (mmHg)

78.0 ± 9.4

Hypertension, n (%)

937 (82.1 %)

T-CHO (mg/dl)

212.2 ± 33.3

TG (mg/dl)

122.5 ± 62.8

HDL (mg/dl)

59.8 ± 13.8

LDL (mg/dl)

135.9 ± 30.1

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

1066 (93.4 %)

UA (mg/dl)

4.9 ± 1.1

FPG (mg/dl)

107.9 ± 19.0

HbA1c (NGSP) (%)

6.0 ± 0.7

IGT, n (%)

852 (74.7 %)

ALT (IU/l)

27.2 ± 19.4

AST (IU/l)

23.7 ± 10.8

GGT (IU/l)

34.1 ± 31.2

FIB-4 index

2.7 ± 0.7

Fatty liver, n (%)

642 (56.3 %)

V-type MS, n (%)

170 (14.9 %)

Light drinker, n (%)

344 (30.1 %)

Past history of smoking, n (%)

103 (9.0 %)

  1. Data are given as means ± standard deviation (SD), and as number (%) for categorical variables
  2. ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose, GGT gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, HDL high density lipoprotein, IGT impaired glucose tolerance, LDL low density lipoprotein, MS metabolic syndrome, NGSP National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program, SBP systolic blood pressure, T- CHO total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, UA uric acid, V-type visceral type, WC waist circumference. Light drinkers were subjects who drank from more than zero to less than 20 g/day of alcohol