Table 1.
Characteristics of included and non-included patients n (%)
| Characteristics | Included | Non-included |
| Number of patients | 442 | 26 |
| Mean age (SE) | 49 (1) | 50 (2) |
| Male | 293 (66) | 17 (65) |
| Ethnic origin | ||
| Caucasian | 285 (65) | 17 (65) |
| Asian | 36 (8) | 2 (8) |
| North African | 43 (10) | 1 (4) |
| Other African | 78 (17) | 6 (23) |
| Anthropometric data | ||
| Height (m) | 1.71 (0.05) | 1.70 (1.91) |
| Weight (kg) | 71.7 (0.7) | 69.7 (2.4) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.4 (0.2) | 24.1 (0.8) |
| Abdominal fold mm | 21.7 (0.5) | 26.1 (3.2) |
| Thoracic fold mm | 13.1 (0.3) | 13.6 (1.1) |
| Waist circumference cm | 84 (1) | 83 (2) |
| Daily alcohol ≥ 30 g/d | 18 (7) | 2 (11) |
| Diagnosis | ||
| HCV | 200 (45) | 13 (50) |
| HBV | 79 (18) | 6 (23) |
| NAFLD | 59 (13) | 1 (4) |
| HIV coinfection | 50 (11) | 4 (15) |
| ALD | 11 (3) | 0 (0) |
| Other/unknown | 93 (21) | 2 (8) |
| Biochemistry | ||
| ALT (IU/L) | 58 (3) | 151 (100) |
| AST (IU/L) | 48 (2) | 45 (6) |
| n = 416 | n = 16 | |
| Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.70 (0.05) | 4.50 (0.34) |
| n = 381 | n = 14 | |
| Glucose (mmol/L) | 5.34 (0.07) | 5.28 (0.16) |
| n = 404 | n = 16 | |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.21 (0.06) | 1.10 (0.19) |
| n = 381 | n = 14 | |
| FibroTest | 0.40 (0.01) | 0.51 (0.06) |
| n = 442 | n = 18 | |
| ActiTest | 0.32 (0.01) | 0.39 (0.07) |
| n = 442 | n = 18 | |
| SteatoTest | 0.33 (0.01) | 0.27 (0.06) |
| n = 378 | n = 12 |