Table 3. Clinical and biochemical characteristics of chronic hepatitis C patients according to steatosis grade.

	No steatosis (N = 45)	Steatosis (N = 93)
Age	52.04	53.97
Fasting glucose	93.24	95.91
HOMA-IR	2.84	2.97
AST (U/L)	65.38	72.49
ALT (U/L)	79.44	89.88
γGT (U/L)	81.16	87.59
AP (U/L)	80.71	79.14
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	162.91	146.24*
HDL-C (mg/dL)	50.16	47.40
LDL-C (mg/dL)	94.18	78.44*
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	95.09	104.25
Frequency GG+GT (%)	50% (N = 70)	37.5% (N = 104)

See Table 1 for reference values and explanation of abbreviations.

^*P < 0.05 compared to no steatosis (chi-square test).