Table 1.
Characteristic and biochemical analysis of 78 subjects in the control and overweight/obese groups
| Control group | OW/OB group | P-value |
Correlation with LFC |
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| r | P value | ||||
| n | 39 | 39 | - | - | - |
| Gender (male/female) | 12/27 | 24/15 | - | - | - |
| LFC (%) | 2.7 ± 0.2 | 8.1 ± 1.0 | < 0.001b | - | - |
| Age | 22.3 ± 1.6 | 22.1 ± 0.3 | 0.662 | -0.058 | 0.611 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20.9 ± 0.3 | 31.3 ± 0.5 | < 0.001b | 0.531 | < 0.001b |
| WC (cm) | 74.6 ± 1.4 | 112.6 ± 7.4 | < 0.001b | 0.259 | 0.022a |
| HC (cm) | 90.7 ± 1.3 | 122.5 ± 7.5 | < 0.001b | 0.212 | 0.062 |
| W/H ratio | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 0.9 ± 0.0 | < 0.001b | 0.388 | < 0.001b |
| FG (mg/dL) | 83.1 ± 1.1 | 89.9 ± 1.1 | < 0.001b | 0.144 | 0.21 |
| Cho (mg/dL) | 187.3 ± 6.8 | 200.7 ± 6.1 | 0.147 | 0.093 | 0.419 |
| Tri (mg/dL) | 77.8 ± 5.2 | 117.1 ± 8.8 | < 0.001b | 0.223 | 0.05 |
| HDL (mg/dL) | 59.3 ± 2.5 | 47.7 ± 1.4 | < 0.001b | -0.185 | 0.105 |
| LDL (mg/dL) | 111.1 ± 5.6 | 130.1 ± 5.1 | 0.014a | 0.133 | 0.246 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.1 ± 0.1 | 5.5 ± 0.1 | < 0.001b | 0.345 | 0.002a |
Data expressed as mean ± SD.
a
P < 0.05;
b
P < 0.001. OW/OB: Overweight/obese; LFC: Liver fat content; BMI: Body mass index; WC: Waist circumference; HC: Hip circumference; W/H ratio: Waist-to-hip ratio; FG: Fasting plasma glucose; Cho: Cholesterol; Tri: Triglyceride; HDL: High-density lipoproteins; LDL: Low-density lipoproteins; HbA1c: Glycosylated hemoglobin.