Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with NASH (n = 15) and subjects with simple steatosis (n = 14)

	NASH group	Simple steatosis group	p value
Age	45.1 ± 8.9	37.8 ± 11.8	0.07
BMI, kg/m2	45.4 ± 5.4	47.6 ± 10.6	0.48
Fasting glucose, mg/dl	139.5 ± 68.6	96.0 ± 17.2	0.03
Fasting total cholesterol, mg/dl	203.2 ± 39.4	194.8 ± 39.3	0.57
Fasting triglycerides, mg/dl	174.9 ± 164.7	102.5 ± 44.6	0.19
AST, U/l	22.7 ± 10.1	23.8 ± 7.0	0.75
ALT, U/l	31.5 ± 22.0	29.5 ± 17.9	0.80
γGT, U/l	42.8 ± 50.2	42.9 ± 41.7	0.14
Serum creatinine, mg/dl	0.90 ± 0.2	0.8 ± 0.2	0.19