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Prevalence of elevated liver enzymes in the BMI and WC groups.
| Body mass index (BMI) | Waist circumference (WC) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (%) | Overweight (%) | Obesity (%) | P-value for trend | Normal (%) | Obesity (%) | P-value | |
| ALT | 11.5 | 16.5 | 26.5 | < 0.01 | 13.2 | 19.8 | < 0.05 |
| AST | 20.0 | 28.1 | 48.5 | < 0.01 | 25.7 | 31.1 | < 0.05 |
| GGT | 7.5 | 13.5 | 34.6 | < 0.01 | 9.4 | 19.2 | < 0.01 |
| ALP | 29.6 | 26.7 | 40.7 | < 0.05 | 21.9 | 33.3 | < 0.05 |
Chi-square test was applied to derive the p-values.
