Table 1.
Demograhic and Clinical Characteristics of Subjects who Underwent Bariatric Surgery
| Factor | All (N = 86) | Not NAFLD (N = 21) | NAFL (N = 13) | Borderline (N = 30) | NASH (N = 22) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) | 51.0 (41.0, 56.0) | 51.0 (41.0, 57.0) | 46.0 (42.0, 51.0) | 52.5 (42.0, 56.0) | 50.0 (40.0, 56.0) | 0.68 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 48.0 (43.0, 54.0) | 48.0 (46.0, 54.0) | 48.0 (45.0, 51.0) | 48.0 (42.0, 54.0) | 47.5 (42.0, 55.0) | 0.93 |
| AST (U/L) | 23.0 (18.0, 29.0) | 19.0 (16.0, 24.0) | 20.0 (17.0, 23.0) | 23.5 (19.0, 29.0) | 28.5 (23.5, 50.5) | 0.01 |
| ALT (U/L) | 21.5 (16.0, 33.0) | 17.0 (11.0, 19.0) | 17.0 (15.0, 20.0) | 26.0 (19.0, 34.0) | 33.5 (22.0, 61.5) | 0.001 |
| Gender | 0.98 | |||||
| Male (%) | 18 (20.9) | 4 (19.1) | 3 (23.1) | 7 (23.3) | 4 (18.2) | |
| Female (%) | 68 (79.1) | 17 (81.0) | 10 (76.9) | 23 (76.7) | 18 (81.8) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.04 | |||||
| Caucasian(%) | 70 (81.4) | 15 (71.4) | 8 (61.5) | 26 (86.7) | 21 (95.5) | |
| Other (%) | 16 (18.6) | 6 (28.6) | 5 (38.5) | 4 (13.3) | 1 (4.6) | |
| Diabetes | 0.92 | |||||
| No (%) | 51 (59.3) | 12 (57.1) | 8 (61.5) | 19 (63.3) | 12 (54.6) | |
| Yes (%) | 35 (40.7) | 9 (42.9) | 5 (38.5) | 11 (36.7) | 10 (45.5) | |
| HTN | 0.7 | |||||
| No (%) | 28 (32.6) | 9 (42.9) | 4 (30.8) | 9 (30.0) | 6 (27.3) | |
| Yes (%) | 58 (67.4) | 12 (57.1) | 9 (69.2) | 21 (70.0) | 16 (72.7) | |
| Dyslipidemia | 0.96 | |||||
| No (%) | 37 (43.0) | 9 (42.9) | 5 (38.5) | 14 (46.7) | 9 (40.9) | |
| Yes (%) | 49 (57.0) | 12 (57.1) | 8 (61.5) | 16 (53.3) | 13 (59.1) |
Statistics include number (%) or median (25th and 75th percentiles)