Table 1.
Characteristics of the study subjects
| |
Overall |
Fatty liver (−) |
Fatty liver (+) |
Pvalues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (476) | (286) | (190) | Fatty liver (−) vs.(+) | |
| Age (years) |
55.9 [55.1−56.8] |
57.8 [56.5−58.9] |
53.2 [51.9−54.4] |
< 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
24.2 [23.9−24.5] |
23.1 [22.7−23.4] |
25.9 [25.5−26.3] |
< 0.001 |
| Obesity (% of subjects) |
37.0 |
23.8 |
56.8 |
< 0.001 |
| Blood glucose (g/dl) |
106.8 [105.2−108.4] |
104.5 [102.4−106.5] |
110.2 [107.7−112.8] |
< 0.001 |
| Hyperglycemia (% of subjects) |
29.0 |
24.5 |
35.8 |
0.008 |
| TG (mg/dl) |
132.5 [125.9−139.2] |
112.6 [104.5−120.7] |
162.6 [152.7−172.5] |
<0.001 |
| HDL-C (mg/dl) |
55.7 [54.5−56.9] |
58.0 [56.4−59.6] |
52.2 [50.5−53.9] |
< 0.001 |
| LDL-C$ (mg/dl) |
130.2 [127.6−132.9] |
127.4 [124.1−130.7] |
134.5 [130.1−138.8] |
0.010 |
| TC (mg/dl) |
212.4 [209.5−215.3] |
208.0 [204.3−211.7] |
219.1 [214.4−223.9] |
< 0.001 |
| sd-LDL-C (mg/dl) |
44.6 [43.1−46.2] |
40.8 [38.9-42.8] |
50.5 [48.0-53.0] |
< 0.001 |
| Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl) |
97.8 [96.−99.6] |
93.2 [91.0−95.4] |
104.6 [101.9−107.3] |
< 0.001 |
| ALT (IU/L) |
28.1 [26.4−29.7] |
22.7 [20.8−24.6] |
36.1 [33.7−38.5] |
< 0.001 |
| γ-GTP (IU/L) |
45.4 [41.2−49.5] |
36.9 [31.7−42.1] |
58.0 [51.6−64.4] |
< 0.001 |
| Hypertension (% of subjects) |
54.8 |
52.5 |
58.4 |
0.200 |
| Current alcohol consumption (%) |
37.8 |
40.2 |
34.2 |
0.186 |
| Smoking status (% of subjects) (never/former/current) | 31.5/39.9/28.6 | 31.8/39.5/28.7 | 31.1/40.5/28.4 | 0.974 |
Data are expressed as means [95% CIs] or percentages.
$, LDL-C levels were calculated using the Friedwald formula.
Continuous variables were compared by t-test and categorical variables were compared by Chi-square test.