Table 5.
Clinical and biochemical characteristics related to NAS grade
| NAS score | ||||
| Parameter | Grade 0 (n=32) | Grade 1 (n=28) | Grade 2 (n=4) | p-value for FANOVA test |
| Age (year) | 41.38 ± 13.24 | 40.32 ± 10.57 | 48.00 ± 9.52 | 0.490 |
| Sex* (M/F) | 2/30 | 10/18 | 3/1 | 0.001 |
| Diabetes* (%) | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.241 |
| HTA* (%) | 28.1 | 35.7 | 50.0 | 0.343 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 44.81 ± 7.19 | 45.46 ± 6.59 | 44.23 ± 2.77 | 0.905 |
| HOMA-IR | 4.72 ± 2.47 | 5.71 ± 3.78 | 5.14 ± 1.93 | 0.473 |
| IR-present* (%) | 56.3 | 60.7 | 75.0 | 0.501 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 203.27 ± 43.39 | 196.24 ± 24.34 | 198.00 ± 75.45 | 0.841 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 44.72 ± 8.96 | 42.86 ± 9.77 | 45.50 ± 21.21 | 0.746 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 138.94 ± 50.99 | 172.07± 109.36 | 152.50 ± 22.65 | 0.298 |
| TG/HDL chol score | 3.28 ± 1.52 | 4.58 ± 5.04 | 4.29 ± 2.99 | 0.372 |
| 25(OH) vit. D (ng/mL) | 15.21 ± 6.49 | 14.22 ± 6.45 | 12.05 ± 1.37 | 0.595 |
| Fibrinogen (mg/dL) | 384.78 ± 46.32 | 419.64 ± 44.71 | 442.50 ± 33.44 | 0.004 |
| PCR (mg/dL) | 0.84 ± 1.02 | 0.90 ± 0.72 | 1.26 ± 0.61 | 0.667 |
| PLR | 117.79 ± 22.96 | 113.71 ± 39.30 | 115.64 ± 33.06 | 0.883 |
| NLR | 2.09 ± 0.64 | 2.13 ± 0.90 | 1.98 ± 0.18 | 0.924 |
Results are shown as mean ± SD and *Kruskal-Wallis test.