. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Oct 23;17(1):25–29. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.494

Table 1. Characteristics of subjects with normal intrahepatic triglyceride (IHTG) content and with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

	Normal IHTG	NAFLD
n (M/F)	9 (7/2)	9 (7/2)
Age (yr)	15 ± 0	16 ± 0
Tanner stage	4.1 ± 0.2	4.4 ± 0.2
Body weight (kg)	106 ±7	109 ± 6
BMI (kg/m²)	37 ± 2	36 ± 2
BMI percentile	98 ± 1	98 ± 0
Fat mass (% body weight)	40 ± 2	39 ± 2
Intra-abdominal fat (cm³)	631 ± 56	1,074 ± 152^*
Subcutaneous abdominal fat (cm³)	4,509 ± 256	3,662 ± 300
IHTG content (%)	3.3 ±0.6	26.5 ± 3.5^*

Values are means ± s.e.m.

Value significantly different from the corresponding Normal IHTG group value, P < 0.01.