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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 Jul;65(1):89–92. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001571

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of study population.

Clinical Manifestation NAFLD
n=102		 non-NAFLD
n=48
Mean SD Mean SD
Sex, Male 75.50% 33.30%
Age 13.9 3 13.4 5
BMI z-score 2.23 0.4 0.5 1.2
ALT (5–35 U/L) 114.2 70.4 247.8 619.1
Ceruloplasmin (20–43 mg/dL) 25.4 5.9 27.9 8.2
Tissue copper (10 – ≤35 μg/g) 16 6.2 21.8 7.3

Analysis included subjects with tissue copper concentrations within normal range, 10– ≤ 35 μg/g.

BMI, Body Mass Index; ALT, alanine aminotransferase.