Table 3. Correlation of severity of ultrasound-based grading of hepatic steatosis with metabolic parameters .

Parameter	Grade I		Grade II		Grade III		P value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
AGE	‏47	‏±‏ 10.9	‏48	‏±‏ 8.2	‏44	‏±‏ 7.0	‏0.353
BMI	‏27.4	‏±‏ 3.2	‏29.2	‏±‏ 4.7	‏32.5	‏±‏ 9.3	‏0.034*
ALT	‏31.03	‏±‏ 18.83	‏36.5	‏±‏ 14.9	‏50.3	‏±‏ 22.1	‏0.001*
AST	‏22.8	‏±‏ 6.0	‏25.4	‏±‏ 6.2	‏32.6	‏±‏ 9.3	‏0.000*
TRIG	‏140.7	‏±‏ 65.2	‏180	‏±‏ 38.7	‏187.7	‏±‏ 61.6	‏0.047*
TCHO	‏205.6	‏±‏ 53.1	‏214	‏±‏ 52.1	‏196.8	‏±‏ 48	‏0.569
HDL	‏55.4	‏±‏ 27.5	‏49.1	‏±‏ 13.1	‏45.5	‏±‏ 8.1	‏0.220
LDL	‏142.9	‏±‏ 51.1	‏147.3	‏±‏ 44.5	‏136.8	‏±‏ 46	‏0.792
FBS	‏106.5	‏±‏ 32.7	‏101.8	‏±‏ 23.1	‏114.6	‏±‏ 53.3	‏0.049*

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; TRIG, triglycerides; TCHO, total cholesterol; FBS, fasting blood sugar; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein.