Table 3.
Relationship between laboratory data and liver steatosis grade as assessed by US. HDL: high-density lipoprotein; FBS: fasting blood sugar; M: mean; SEM: standard error of means; rs, Spearman coefficient correlation; ∗: significant.
| Non hepatic-steatosis (M±SEM) |
Hepatic Steatosis Grade | p value | rs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 (M±SEM) |
S2 (M±SEM) |
S3 (M±SEM) |
||||
| HDL, mmol/L | 1.29±0.05 | 1.31±0.07 | 1.16±0.04 | 1.13±0.06 | 0.181 | -0.14 |
| Triglyceride mmol/L | 1.50±0.13 | 1.50±0.12 | 1.53±0.11 | 1.83±0.19 | 0.574 | 0.15 |
| Total Cholestrol, mmol/L | 4.88±0.16 | 4.95±0.23 | 4.78±0.21 | 5.01±0.30 | 0.920 | -0.05 |
| FBS, mmol/L | 6.52±1.01 | 8.15±1.74 | 6.86±0.43 | 6.49±0.44 | 0.738 | 0.35 |
| Albumin, gr/dL | 40.68±0.58 | 40.8±0.45 | 41.1±0.49 | 40.3±0.82 | 0.875 | 0.01 |
| Platelet, x109/L | 251.4±10.46 | 245.8±11.8 | 272.9±8.92 | 259.4±10.82 | 0.325 | 0.11 |