Table 1.

Clinical and biochemical data

	Non-alcoholic fatty liver (n = 109)	Alcoholic fatty liver (n = 106)
Sex (F/M)	76/33	31/75
Age (y)	39 (19–80)	50 (26–72)***
Obesity (%)	81 (n = 101)	30** (n = 76)
BMI (kg/m2)	42 (19–72) (n = 82)	26 (18–50)*** (n = 31)
Daily alcohol intake drinks†	0 (0–3) (n = 95)	10 (0–50)*** (n = 95)
ASAT (10–40 U/l)‡	25 (9–201)	43 (10–576)***
LDH (200–450 U/l)	393 (165–948)	361 (177–747)
Bilirubin (5–17 U/l)	7 (2–49)	10 (3–57)**
Alkaline phosphatases (80–275 U/l)	212 (100–6360)	226 (99–1037)
Prothrombin (0.70–1.30)	1.09 (0.62–2.01)	1.15 (0.49–1.99)
Albumin (540–800 µmol/l)	630 (407–754)	584 (303–726)***
Platelets (135–400 109/l)	277 (121–638)	255 (102–624)
Cholesterol (3.5–8.0 mmol/l)	5.13 (2.22–8.84)	5.35 (3.32–7.97)

†1 Drink = 12 g alcohol.

‡Normal range.

Values are median (range).

**p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

BMI, body mass index; ASAT, aspartate aminotransferase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase.