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. 2020 Dec 29;7(1):e000535. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000535

Table 3.

Sociodemographic characteristics and metabolic profile among subjects with non-obese NAFLD and obese NAFLD

Characteristics Non-obese NAFLD (n=57) Obese NAFLD (n=185) P value
Age (mean±SD) 48.98±13.78 45.22±11.71 0.043
Age less than 40
Age of more than 40		 14 (24.6%)
43 (75.4%)		 65 (35.1%)
120 (64.9%)		 0.137
Sex- 0.733

  • Male

  • Female

 23 (40.4%)
34 (59.6%)		 70 (37.8%)
115 (62.2%)
Marital status 0.580

  • Married

  • Single

 50 (87.7%)
7 (12.3%)		 167 (90.3%)
18 (9.7%)
Occupation 0.06

  • Housewife

  • Cultivator and day labour

  • Service holders and others

 28 (49.1%)
9 (15.8%)
20 (35.1%)		 114 (62%)
19 (10.3%)
51 (27.7%)
Family income (taka/month) 0.289

  • Lower

  • Higher

 32 (56.1%)
25 (43.9%)		 89 (48.1%)
96 (51.9%)
Education 0.686

  • Up to class V

  • More than class V

 27 (47.4%)
30 (52.6%)		 82 (44.3%)
103 (55.7%)
Smoker current or past smoker 8 (14%) 29 (15.7%) 0.763
Religion 0.654

  • Muslim

  • Hindu

 43 (75.4%)
14 (24.6%)		 134 (72.4%)
51 (27.6%)
Presence of MS 44 (77.2%) 133 (71.9%) 0.430
Presence of MS components 0.300

  • Absent

  • One

  • Two

  • Three

  • Four

  • Five

 1 (1.8%)
6 (10.5%)
6 (10.5)
19 (33.3%)
17 (29.8%)
8 (14%)		 1 (0.50)
13 (7%)
38 (20.5%)
44 (23.8%)
67 (36.2%)
22 (11.9%)
BMI kg/m2 (mean±SD) 23.07±1.38 29.42±3.36 <0.001
Presence of abdominal obesity 30 (52.6%) 114 (61.6%) 0.227
Presence of DM 18 (31.6%) 64 (34.6%) 0.750
Presence of hypertension 26 (45.6%) 84 (45.4%) 0.978
Presence of dyslipidaemia 55 (96.5%) 174 (94.1%) 0.476
ALT>40 U/L 9 (15.8%) 44 (23.9%) 0.196

*P value between subjects with and without NAFLD.

†Lower family income <৳15 000/month, higher family income >৳15 000/month.

ALT, Alanine transaminase; BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; MS, metabolic syndrome; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.