Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the patients.

Characteristics				Patient data (n = 79)
Age (years)				46.1±14.8
Gender
	Male			30
	Female			49
Hypertension				15
Diabetes mellitus				20
Chronic liver disease etiology
		Alcoholic liver disease		9
		Chronic hepatitis B		12
		Chronic hepatitis C		10
		NAFLD		42
		others		6
Body mass index (kg/m2)				26.0±5.1
Waist circumference (cm)				87.7±21.3
Total cholesterol (mg/mL)				175.2±38.5
Triglyceride (mg/mL)				148.6±112.7
HDL-cholesterol (mg/mL)				48.7±16.8
LDL-cholesterol (mg/mL)				105.1±38.8
AST (IU/L)				68.0±51.0
ALT (IU/L)				76.0±71.8
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)				0.8±1.1
Serum albumin (g/dL)				4.1±0.4
Platelet (103/μL)				187.5±65.7
PT(INR)				1.0±0.1
Liver histology
		Steatosis	S0/S1/S2/S3	41/22/12/4
		Metavir score	F0/F1/F2/F3/F4	10/22/23/15/9
Ultrasonography
	normal/mild/moderate/severe			32/21/15/11
CAP (dB/m, mean±SD)				251.1±65.8
Liver stiffness value (kPa, mean±SD)				12.8±10.6

NAFLD, non alcoholic fatty liver disease; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotrasferase; PT, prothrombin time; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; CAP, controlled attenuation parameter; SD, standard deviation