Table 2.

Baseline clinical, anthropometrical, and biochemical comparison between NAFLD with MS and NAFLD without MS.

Parameters	NAFLD with MS (n = 58)	NAFLD without MS (n = 68)	p value
Age	47.55 ± 11.46	44.26 ± 11.71	0.11
BMI	33.78 ± 4.86	24.87 ± 4.21	<0.001
Waist circumference	113.24 ± 4.69	90.24 ± 6.36	<0.001
Waist/hip ratio	1.02 ± 0.08	0.96 ± 0.06	<0.001
Waist/height ratio	0.7 ± 0.06	0.56 ± 0.08	<0.001
SBP	134.5 ± 22.59	118.65 ± 13.26	<0.001
DBP	82.8 ± 12.73	79.4 ± 9.28	0.17
Total bilirubin	0.74 ± 0.23	1.51 ± 0.86	0.16
AST	32 ± 11.3	35.7 ± 22.7	0.25
Alkaline phosphatase	204.1 ± 69.7	160.5 ± 66.7	0.001
Total protein	7.19 ± 0.73	7.36 ± 0.56	0.125
Albumin	4.18 ± 0.23	4.23 ± 0.33	0.358
Globulin	3.03 ± 0.69	4.55 ± 0.55	0.42
GGT	39.23 ± 25.05	29.96 ± 19.91	0.03
Insulin	14.22 ± 7.93	8.03 ± 4.39	<0.001
HOMA IR	4.89 ± 5.7	1.71 ± 1.42	<0.001
FBS	126.59 ± 59.62	100.87 ± 19.29	0.002
2hour PPBS	197.4 ± 98.3	149.42 ± 61.06	0.001
Triglycerides	194.62 ± 103.4	161.68 ± 66.57	0.033
Total cholesterol (TC)	197.9 ± 45.59	197 ± 48.85	0.913
HDL	43.9 ± 9.03	51.68 ± 23.01	0.008
LDL	117.0 ± 36.93	120.49 ± 29.64	0.558
VLDL	39.21 ± 19.24	33.06 ± 18.56	0.073
LDL/HDL	2/88 ± 0.87	2.78 ± 0.87	0.629
TC/HDL	4.23 ± 1.1	4.68 ± 0.96	0.06