Table 2.

Characteristics and disease composition of NAFLD and health groups

	NAFLD (n = 109)	Health group (n = 60)	t/χ2	P value
Age (mean ± SD), years	42.2 ± 12.8	42.0 ± 12.8	0.119	0.906
Male, n (%)	70 (64.22)	26 (43.33)	6.880	0.009
BMI (mean ± SD), kg/m2	28.3 ± 4.1	25.1 ± 4.0	0.478	< 0.001
T2D, n (%)	12 (11.01)	2 (3.33)	–	0.142
MS, n (%)	46 (42.20)	11 (18.33)	9.863	0.002

BMI body mass index, NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, T2D type 2 diabetes, MS metabolic syndrome

Data were compared by t-test, fisher-test or chi-square analysis when appropriate. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant