Skip to main content

Table 1 General characteristics, energy and physical activity

From: Empirically derived dietary pattern and odds of non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases in overweight and obese adults: a case–control study

Variables

Case (n = 115)

Control (n = 102)

P valuea

Age (year)

44.22 ± 10.35

43.52 ± 12.14

0.64

Sex

 Female

65

57

0.92

 Male

50

45

 

Weight (kg)

84.6 ± 16.34

68.98 ± 11.57

0.00

Height

160.61 ± 24.57

163.02 ± 18.31

0.42

BMI (kg/m2)

30.39 ± 4.10

25.26 ± 3.94

0.00

WC (cm)

102.78 ± 12.62

93.36 ± 9.78

0.00

HC (cm)

111.13 ± 9.77

102.40 ± 8.34

0.00

Fat mass

37.60 ± 10.22

31 ± 9.8

0.00

Muscle mass

27.89 ± 5.58

29.59 ± 6.27

0.03

Visceral fat

11.51 ± 3.46

7.12 ± 2.84

0.00

Blood pressure (BP)

 Systolic BP

129.28 ± 19.16

115.99 ± 13.30

0.00

 Diastolic BP

74.89 ± 9.35

71.47 ± 9.25

0.00

FBS

120.77 ± 47.74

107.14 ± 26.07

0.01

TG

200.51 ± 89.62

141.07 ± 69

0.00

TC

185.21 ± 46.73

165.42 ± 44.86

0.32

LDL-c

114.59 ± 35.77

103.44 ± 34.83

0.02

HDL-c

42.08 ± 9.34

45.73 ± 18.07

0.06

AST

28.59 ± 14.90

17.58 ± 5.51

0.00

ALT

42.13 ± 34.78

19.75 ± 8.61

0.00

Job

 Housewife

59

40

0.20

 Employee

30

33

 

 Self-employment

26

29

 

Education

 High school

44

34

 

 Diploma

33

22

0.31

 Associate degree

5

5

 

 Bachelor's and higher

33

41

 

Diabetes

 No

76

26

0.22

 Yes

77

38

 

PA (MET-min/week)

 < 1 h

32

70

 

 > 1 h

48

67

0.11

Energy intake (Kcal)

2274.08 ± 670.25

2050.12 ± 722.69

0.01

  1. BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HC hip circumference, FBS fasting blood sugar, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, PA physical activity
  2. aP values resulted from independent t tests for quantitative and Chi-square for qualitative variables between the two groups