Table 2.
Median values for biochemical tests and HOMA-IR in patients with chronic HCV infection.
| Metabolic syndrome | |||||
| Yes (n = 27) | No (n = 98) | p-value*) | |||
| md | i iq | md | i iq | ||
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 1) | 3.47 | 1.27 | 4.07 | 1.18 | 0.4009 |
| LDL-c (mmol/L) 1) | 1.99 | 1.13 | 2.45 | 1.09 | 0.2493 |
| HDL-c (mmol/L) 1) | 1.04 | 0.37 | 1.17 | 0.40 | 0.0063 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) 2 | 1.56 | 0.75 | 0.99 | 0.56 | 0.0003 |
| Aspartate Aminotransferase (U/L) | 71.0 | 47.7 | 53.5 | 43.7 | 0.1778 |
| Alanine Aminotransferase (U/L) | 81.0 | 41.5 | 68.0 | 47.0 | 0.2282 |
| Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (U/L) | 138.0 | 96.0 | 83.0 | 110.0 | 0.0974 |
| Alkaline Phosphatase (U/L) | 91.0 | 32.0 | 80.0 | 55.5 | 0.7982 |
| HOMA-IR | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.03 | 1.7 | <0.0001 |
| Fasting Insulin (pmol/L) 3 | 108.3 | 57.6 | 61.7 | 49.3 | <0.0001 |
| Fasting Glucose (mmol/L) 4 | 5.72 | 1.22 | 4.99 | 0.65 | 0.0005 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 27.8 | 3.1 | 23.7 | 4.0 | <0.0001 |
*
Mann-Whitney test.
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mg/dL (÷0.0259), 2 mg/dL (÷0.0113), 3 µIU/mL(÷6.945), 4 mg/dL (÷0.0555).