Table 3.

Pearson correlation of cIMT with anthropometric and metabolic profiles.

Variable	All Participant	Controls	NAFLD
Age	0.182	0.363*	0.141
BMI	0.186	0.215	0.024
FBG	0.055	−0.146	0.147
Insulin	0.231*	−0.291	0.239
HOMA-IR	0.244*	−0.309	0.265
TG	0.212	−0.095	0.233
TC	0.262*	0.104	0.274*
LDL-C	0.209	0.121	0.214
HDL-C	−0.308**	−0.296	−0.254
SBPa	0.144	0.534**	−0.073
DBP	0.083	0.275	−0.073
Urea nitrogen	0.058	0.297	−0.050
Creatinine	0.065	−0.125	0.075
ASTa	0.183	0.056	0.129
ALTa	0.083	−0.132	0.009
ALP	−0.031	0.249	−0.150
ɣ-GTa	−0.022	−0.065	−0.159
LSa	0.226*	0.033	0.164
ApoB	0.171	0.057	0.117
ApoA-I	−0.428**	−0.353	−0.397**
preβ1-HDL	−0.389**	−0.217	−0.369**
CETP	0.126	−0.036	0.112
PLTP	0.176	0.178	0.181
LCAT	−0.238*	−0.294	−0.166
cAMP-treated J774 CEC	−0.490**	−0.334	−0.522**
THP-1 macrophage CEC	−0.246*	−0.163	−0.194

*p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01.

^aLogarithmic transformation was performed.