Table 1.

Baseline anthropometrical and biochemical comparison between NAFLD and controls (chronic hepatitis B (CHB)).

Parameters	NAFLD (n = 126)	CHB (n = 31)	p value
Age	45.78 ± 11.67	46.55 ± 11.89	0.74
BMI	28.97 ± 6.33	27.02 ± 3.63	0.10
Waist circumference	100.83 ± 12.81	94.68 ± 8.32	0.01
Waist/hip ratio	0.99 ± 0.08	0.97 ± 0.08	0.27
Waist/height ratio	0.62 ± 0.1	0.61 ± 0.06	0.23
SBP	128.65 ± 21.05	126.9 ± 9.09	0.65
DBP	81.5 ± 11.6	82.1 ± 4.7	0.77
Total bilirubin	1.15 ± 3.03	0.79 ± 0.25	0.51
AST	34.02 ± 18.32	44.23 ± 20.29	0.08
ALT	47.71 ± 32.89	54.7 ± 31.93	0.07
Alkaline phosphatase	180.48 ± 71.24	220.42 ± 64.75	0.005
Total protein	7.9 ± 2.46	7.36 ± 0.56	0.45
Albumin	4.21 ± 0.28	4.19 ± 0.29	0.73
Globulin	3.75 ± 0.66	3.16 ± 0.55	0.42
GGT	34.56 ± 22.98	27.92 ± 26.58	0.17
Insulin	11.18 ± 7.13	8.14 ± 3.75	0.02
HOMA IR	3.17 ± 4.29	2.07 ± 1.39	0.01
FBS	112.8 ± 44.7	104.6 ± 17.14	0.32
2hour PPBS	171.8 ± 83.82	141.2 ± 42.11	0.05
Triglycerides	176.8 ± 86.73	183.4 ± 76.41	0.70
Total cholesterol (TC)	197.4 ± 47.19	213.3 ± 36.3	0.08
HDL	47.68 ± 18.43	44.65 ± 7.83	0.37
LDL	118.8 ± 33.1	131.9 ± 28.27	0.04
VLDL	35.9 ± 19.05	38.9 ± 15.68	0.41
LDL/HDL	2.82 ± 0.89	2.82 ± 0.48	0.99
TC/HDL	4.44 ± 1.06	4.77 ± 0.69	0.29