Table 1.
Blood tests results of subjects in the 2013 EMIL IIa study
| BMI < 25 with fatty liver (n = 5) | BMI ≥ 30 without fatty liver (n = 27) | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | ||
| ALT (U/l) | 26.0 | 7.1 | 19.0 | 37.0 | 23.5 | 7.8 | 12.0 | 47.0 | 0.3627 |
| AST (U/l) | 26.4 | 3.0 | 23.0 | 30.0 | 23.1 | 4.6 | 14.0 | 33.0 | 0.1235 |
| GGT (U/l) | 33.0 | 14.5 | 22.0 | 58.0 | 38.3 | 52.3 | 9.0 | 279.0 | 0.2314 |
| AP (U/l) | 69.2 | 18.4 | 42.0 | 87.0 | 71.1 | 19.4 | 41.0 | 133.0 | 0.9793 |
| Cortisol (µg/dl) | 15.5 | 3.2 | 10.9 | 19.4 | 12.7 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 31.9 | 0.1880 |
| SHBG (nmol/l) | 52.3 | 22.9 | 19.8 | 71.9 | 60.9 | 24.4 | 12.3 | 121.9 | 0.5368 |
| Proinsulin (pmol/l) | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 7.9 | 0.6868 |
| Insulin (mU/l) | 9.0 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 15.1 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 27.6 | 0.9144 |
| Proinsulin/insulin-ratio | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.7350 |
| Glucose (mg/dl) | 105.0 | 15.1 | 87.0 | 128.0 | 98.8 | 11.9 | 81.0 | 135.0 | 0.2749 |
| Fibrinogen (g/l) | 2.9 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 0.0636 |
| Caeruloplasmin (g/l) | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.31 | 0.0682 |
| Serum ferritin (µg/dl) | 199.2 | 72.1 | 133.0 | 318.0 | 106.0 | 89.6 | 8.0 | 408.0 | 0.0224 |
| Albumin (g/l) | 47.0 | 2.4 | 45.0 | 51.0 | 45.1 | 2.9 | 40.0 | 52.0 | 0.1359 |
| T3 (nmol/l) | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 0.2065 |
| T4 (nmol/l) | 99.1 | 15.8 | 72.7 | 112.5 | 106.0 | 23.1 | 52.5 | 147.0 | 0.4361 |
| TSH (mIU/l) | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 0.7270 |
| AntiTPO (IU/ml) | 12.6 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 18.0 | 40.5 | 79.5 | 5.0 | 321.0 | 0.7465 |
| Cholesterol (mmol/l) | 6.2 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 7.9 | 0.4992 |
| LDL (mmol/l) | 3.8 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 0.4660 |
| HDL (mmol/l) | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.2733 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 0.1244 |
| Iron (µmol/l) | 18.1 | 2.9 | 14.4 | 22.0 | 17.5 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 50.2 | 0.2325 |
| Transferrin (g/l) | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 0.2974 |
| STFR (mg/l) | 2.8 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 8.9 | 0.0485 |
| HOMA-IR | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 0.7677 |
| Red blood cells (× 1012/l) | 4.8 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 0.0931 |
| White blood cells (× 109/l) | 5.3 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 9.2 | 0.2263 |
| Haemoglobin (g/dl) | 14.9 | 0.8 | 14.2 | 16.0 | 13.5 | 1.2 | 9.7 | 15.7 | 0.0078 |
| Haematocrit (l/l) | 0.44 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 0.04 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 0.0227 |
| MCH (pg/pg) | 31.4 | 1.6 | 29.5 | 32.8 | 30.5 | 1.5 | 26.5 | 33.9 | 0.3467 |
| MCHC (g/dl) | 34.0 | 0.6 | 33.0 | 34.6 | 33.2 | 0.8 | 31.4 | 34.4 | 0.0293 |
| MCV(fl/fl) | 92.6 | 4.7 | 86.6 | 98.3 | 91.8 | 3.7 | 81.9 | 100.9 | 0.7676 |
| Platelets (× 109/l) | 180.2 | 59.0 | 136.0 | 283.0 | 214.0 | 51.0 | 95.0 | 332.0 | 0.0719 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.8 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 0.9705 |
| MPV (fl/fl) | 10.0 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 11.2 | 0.3332 |
Comparison of the lean NAFLD (BMI < 25 + fatty liver) and non-NAFLD (BMI > 30 and no fatty liver) groups [EMIL, Echinococcus multilocularis and other medical conditions in Leutkirch; SD, standard deviation]
Italic values indicate significance of p values (p < 0.05)