Table 1.

Clinical, body composition and biochemical characteristics of study subjects

Factor	Controls	NAFLD
Number	39	148
Age	37.5 ± 10.6	49.9 ± 12.3**
Gender (M:F)	9:30	42:106
Height(cm)	167.0 ± 9.3	165.4 ±9.8
Weight(lbs)	149.0 ± 28.2	217.0 ± 53.6***
Body mass index (kg/m2)	25.5 ± 3.1	35.7 ± 7.0***
Fat free mass (lb)	52.1 ± 10.1	137.6 ± 37.3***
Fat free mass/body weight	70.0 ± 10.0%	63.9 ± 9.5%
Fat mass (lb)	23.2 ± 8.4	79.2 ± 31.2***
Fat mass/body weight	30.0 ± 10.0%	36.1 ± 9.5%
Fat mass/fat free mass	0.46 ± 0.17	0.61 ± 0.24**
Vitamin D (ng/ml)	35.7 ± 6.0	21.2 ± 10.4***
Albumin (g/dl)	4.0 ± 0.6	4. 1± 0.4
Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.7 ± 0.4	0.7 ± 0.4
Glucose (mg/dl)	87.7 ± 5.7	117.3 ± 39.1***
Serum AST (IU/dl)	19.6 ± 6.4	38.7 ± 24.6***
Serum ALT (IU/dl)	18.9 ± 12.0	45.9 ± 30.0***
Serum calcium (mg/dl)	9.4 ± 0.4	9.4 ± 0.4
Serum phosphate (mg/dl)	3.8 ± 0.6	3.6 ± 0.6
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl)	10.2 ± 3.8	12.1 ± 5.1
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.75 ± 0.20	0.83 ± 0.22

Values presented as Mean ± SD

^**p<0.01;

^***p<0.001