. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 6.

Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2007 Nov 28;134(2):424–431. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.11.038

Table 2.

Metabolic Variables of Subjects With Normal Intrahepatic Triglyceride Content and Those With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

	Normal IHTG	NAFLD
Glucose (mg/dL)	95.0 ± 1.6	97.8 ± 2.2
Insulin (µU/mL)	11.3 ± 1.3	20.7 ± 2.8^a
HOMA2-IR	1.5 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.3^a
Free fatty acids (mmol/L)	0.396 ± 0.035	0.510 ± 0.028^b
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	97 ± 6	92 ± 9
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	49 ± 4	48 ± 5
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.17 ± 0.10	1.90 ± 0.22^a
VLDL triglyceride (mmol/L)	0.46 ± 0.07	0.85 ± 0.15^b
VLDL apolipoprotein B-100 (mg/L)	36 ± 5	52 ± 8
Total apolipoprotein B-100 (mg/L)	677 ± 36	736 ± 55
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L)	29 ± 3	43 ± 6^a

NOTE. Values are means ± SEM.

HOMA2-IR, computerized homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.

P < .01

P< .05: Value significantly different from the corresponding value in the Normal IHTG group.