Change lifestyle modification plan/transtheoretical model in non-alcoholic simple fatty liver disease: a pilot randomized study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the two groups

Clinical characteristics	TMM, n = 96	Non-TMM, n = 98	*t/χ* ²	P
Gender [n (%)]
Male	84(87.50)	82(83.67)	0.575	0.448
Female	12(12.50)	16(16.33)
Age (year, mean ± standard deviation)	42.03 ± 8.53	42.88 ± 8.77	0.681	0.497
Degree of education [n (%)]
Junior college and above	53(55.21)	56(57.14)	0.074	0.964
Middle school and high school	41(42.71)	40(40.82)
Primary school and below	2(2.08)	2(2.04)
Profession[n (11)]
Staff members of government organs and public institutions	19(19.79)	18(18.37)	0.092	0.955
Management personnel of enterprises and public institutions	26(27.08)	26(26.53)
Enterprise staffs	51(53.13)	54(55.10)
Residence[n (11)]
Cities and towns	67(69.79)	68(69.39)	0.004	0.951
Villages	29(30.21)	30(30.61)
Diabetes	2(2.08)	3(3.06)	0.185	0.667
Impaired fasting glucose/ impaired glucose tolerance	1(1.04)	2(2.04)	0.318	0.573
High blood pressure	3(2.13)	2(2.04)	0.227	0.634
Liver function index
ALT(u/L)	37.50 ± 20.67	36.95 ± 22.69	-0.177	0.860
γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (u/L)	53.31 ± 37.86	54.26 ± 44.07	0.160	0.873
AST(u/L)	25.17 ± 8.32	25.59 ± 9.69	0.974	0.744
Imaging diagnosis basis [n (%)]
(1)+(2)	36 (37.50)	39 (39.80)	0.572	0.751
(1)+(3)	46 (47.92)	42 (42.86)
(1)+(2)+(3)	14 (14.58)	17 (17.34)

ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TMM: Transtheoretical Mode
High blood pressure was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 140mmHg, diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90mmhg
Imaging diagnosis basis: (1) The echo from the front field of the liver was enhanced, showing a “bright liver”, which was stronger than the echoes from the spleen and the kidney; (2) The echo from the distant field of the liver was weakened; (3) The structure of the intrahepatic biliary tract was unclear

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