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Table 3 General Characteristics of subjects with and without nonalcoholic fatty liver

From: Dietary patterns and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Variables

Controls (n = 450)

Cases (n = 225)

P value

Age (year)

37.88 ± 8.92

38.63 ± 8.71

0.72

Weight (kg)

65.59 ± 8.88

83.30 ± 10.61

0.03

BMI (kg2/m)

24.99 ± 3.09

30.56 ± 4.02

0.002

Waist-circumference (cm)

84.95 ± 12.05

102.28 ± 11.68

0.36

Hip-circumference (cm)

96.75 ± 6.03

104.95 ± 8.70

< 0.001

WHR

0.87 ± 0.06

0.97 ± 0.06

0.48

Physical activity (MET-min/wk)

1590.30 ± 949.44

1119.03 ± 616.35

< 0.001

SES

1.42 ± 0.78

1.96 ± 0.68

< 0.001

Energy (kcal)

2124 ± 187

2385 ± 164

0.004

Marital status

   

 Married

366 (81.3%)

199 (88.4%)

0.02

 Married-p

14 (3.1%)

8 (3.6%)

 

 Single

70 (15.6%)

18 (8.0%)

 

Education

   

 Lower than diploma

49 (10.9%)

33 (14.7%)

< 0.001

 Diploma

186 (41.3%)

91 (40.4%)

 

 BSc

143 (31.8%)

94 (41.8%)

 

 Higher than BSc

72 (16%)

7 (3.1%)

 

Home status

   

 Owner

323 (71.8%)

139 (61.8%)

 

 Tenant

124 (28.2%)

86 (38.2%)

 

Foreign travel

   

 Yes

54 (12%)

53 (23.6%)

 

 No

396 (88%)

172 (76.4%)

 

Family size

   

 > 4

135 (29.8%)

172 (68.8%)

 

 ≤ 4

312 (70.2%)

78 (32.2%)

 

Gender

   

 Male

233 (51.8%)

125 (55.6%)

 

 Female

217 (48.2%)

100 (44.4%)

 

Smoking

   

 No

438 (97.3%)

209 (92.9%)

0.006

 Yes

12 (2.7%)

16 (7.1%)

 

Energy (kcal)

2124 ± 187

2385 ± 164

0.004

  1. All values are mean ± SD
  2. Independent t-test was used for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables