Table 2.

Biochemical characteristics of the studied population.

	Non-NAFLD						NAFLD
	Total (n = 104)		Male (n = 30)		Female (n = 74)		Total (n = 61)		Male (n = 19)		Female (n = 42)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Glucose (mg/dL)	89.74	5.77	91.58	6.06c	88.89	5.48	91.8	6.52	94.29	4.92	90.56	6.92
Insulin (μU/mL)	15.21	8.26	16.26	12.27	14.72	5.61	17.95	6.98a	17.62	6.65	18.11	7.22b
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)	163.49	31.45	170.62	34.17	160.2	29.82	171.63	32.64a	168.12	35.42	173.38	31.57b
HDL-c (mg/dL)	46.84	9.85	42.93	8.40	48.65	10.01c	44.29	9.08	39.88	8.51	46.50	8.63c
LDL-c (mg/dL)	97.06	28.24	104.14	28.72	93.8	27.64	103.98	27.27	104.52	30.3	103.70	26.11
VLDL-c (mg/dL)	19.57	9.37	23.55	11.35c	17.75	7.75	23.43	10.13a	23.94	10.00	23.18	10.33b
TG, (mg/dL)	97.73	46.83	117.55	57.08c	88.62	38.47	116.67	51.05a	119.18	51.03	115.41	51.77b
AST, U/L	22.77	5.98	25.1	6.62c	21.7	5.38	24.69	10.84a	32.35	15.34c	20.85	4.29
ALT, U/L	27.79	14.68	31.06	17.54	26.28	13.06	34.22	24.19	52.06	34.13b,c	25.29	8.70
GGT, U/L	23.73	11.86	28.82	16.34c	21.4	8.26	29.29	22.41	37.12	33.26	25.38	13.32
HOMA-IR	3.35	1.96	3.71	2.96	3.18	1.23	4.1	1.65a	4.1	1.56	4.09	1.71b
Quick	0.32	0.02c	0.32	0.02	0.33	0.02	0.31	0.02	0.31	0.02	0.31	0.01b

Reference values: glucose (60–110 mg/dL), insulin (20 μU/mL), HOMA-IR (2.0), total cholesterol (170 mg/dL), TG (33-129 mg/dL), HDL cholesterol (38 mg/dL), LDL cholesterol (<130 mg/dL), AST (10–40 U/L), ALT (10–35 U/L), and GGT (17–30 U/L) (Burgert et al. [12]).

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Mean values were significantly different according to indenpendent t-test (P < 0.05).

^aComparison of the group with NAFLD versus group non-NAFLD.

^bComparison of the group with NAFLD versus group non-NAFLD by genders.

^cComparison of the genders at the same group.