Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the NHANES study population
| PWNCDs N = 11,447 |
NAFLD patients N = 1,445 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (%): | 0.298 | ||
| Male | 6,088 (53.2) | 790 (54.7) | |
| Female | 5,359 (46.8) | 655 (45.3) | |
| AGE (mean (SD)) | 39.94 (14.78) | 53.91 (15.93) | < 0.001 |
| ALT (mean (SD)) | 21.34 (8.28) | 26.53 (18.59) | < 0.001 |
| AST (mean (SD)) | 22.13 (5.01) | 22.80 (12.39) | < 0.001 |
| BASO# (mean (SD)) | 0.04 (0.05) | 0.06 (0.05) | < 0.001 |
| BASO% (mean (SD)) | 0.67 (0.42) | 0.78 (0.32) | < 0.001 |
| CHOL (mean (SD)) | 4.93 (0.91) | 4.93 (1.09) | 0.913 |
| EO# (mean (SD)) | 0.16 (0.10) | 0.22 (0.17) | < 0.001 |
| EO% (mean (SD)) | 2.35 (1.31) | 2.86 (1.99) | < 0.001 |
| GLU (mean (SD)) | 4.98 (0.59) | 6.24 (2.43) | < 0.001 |
| HCT (mean (SD)) | 42.33 (3.92) | 42.34 (4.11) | 0.968 |
| HDL_C (mean (SD)) | 1.38 (0.35) | 1.22 (0.32) | < 0.001 |
| HGB (mean (SD)) | 14.38 (1.34) | 14.24 (1.51) | < 0.001 |
| PLT (mean (SD)) | 248.90 (53.02) | 245.56 (64.97) | 0.028 |
| RDW (mean (SD)) | 12.73 (0.78) | 13.91 (1.28) | < 0.001 |
| TBIL (mean (SD)) | 11.42 (4.20) | 7.66 (4.29) | < 0.001 |
| TGL (mean (SD)) | 1.32 (0.71) | 2.07 (1.50) | < 0.001 |
| URCA (mean (SD)) | 306.57 (76.59) | 348.75 (87.92) | < 0.001 |
| LYM (mean (SD)) | 2.08 (0.55) | 2.35 (0.77) | < 0.001 |
| LYM% (mean (SD)) | 31.04 (7.46) | 31.30 (8.67) | 0.209 |
| MCH (mean (SD)) | 30.50 (1.60) | 29.52 (2.33) | < 0.001 |
| MCHC (mean (SD)) | 339.66 (8.16) | 336.06 (9.25) | < 0.001 |
| RBC (mean (SD)) | 4.72 (0.46) | 4.84 (0.50) | < 0.001 |
| MONO (mean (SD)) | 0.52 (0.15) | 0.61 (0.26) | < 0.001 |
| MONO% (mean (SD)) | 7.70 (1.88) | 8.01 (2.36) | < 0.001 |
| MPV (mean (SD)) | 8.16 (0.82) | 8.27 (0.90) | < 0.001 |
| PCT (mean (SD)) | 0.20 (0.04) | 0.20 (0.05) | 0.632 |
| MCV (mean (SD)) | 89.78 (4.05) | 87.76 (5.76) | < 0.001 |
Notes: PWNCDs = people without noninfectious chronic diseases; NAFLD = nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; BASO# = absolute value of basophils; BASO% = percentage of basophils; CHOL = total cholesterol; EO# = absolute value of eosinophils; EO% = percentage of eosinophils; GLU = glucose; HCT = hematocrit; HDL_C = high-density lipoprotein; HGB = hemoglobin; PLT = platelet; RDW = red blood cell distribution width; TBIL = total bilirubin; TGL = triglyceride; URCA = uric acid; LYM = percentage of eosinophils; LYM% = lymphocyte ratio; MCH = mean hemoglobin of red blood cells; MCHC = average hemoglobin concentration; RBC = red blood cell; MONO = monocyte count; MONO% = percentage of monocytes; MPV = average platelet volume; PCT = platelet volume; MCV = average red blood cell volume