Table 1.

Demographical characteristics of subjects

Variables	Control	NASH	χ2/t/Z	P
Gender (male/female)	4/2	18/3	1.122	0.289
Age (years)	33.83 ± 10.94	34.62 ± 13.57	-0.130	0.898
BMI (kg/m2)	21.51 ± 1.47	27.06 ± 2.93	-4.445	0.000
ALT (U/L)	16.00 (9.60–23.00)	98.00 (57.00-152.00)	-3.413	0.001
AST (U/L)	20.35 ± 4.59	56.33 ± 26.57	-5.906	0.000
TC (g/L)	3.50 ± 0.86	4.80 ± 1.16	-2.534	0.018
TG (g/L)	1.08 ± 0.44	1.88 ± 1.26	-1.507	0.144
Fasting GLU (mmol/L)	4.75 (4.63–5.56)	5.32 (5.15–5.55)	-1.284	0.199

BMI, body mass index; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; GLU, glucose; NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis