Table 1.

Anthropometric and biochemical parameters among case and control groups

Variables	Case (n=169)	Control (n=200)	p-value
Women, %(No)	58.7(125)	51.3(88)	0.06 b
Age, years	42.75±5.9*	45.13±5.9	0.06 c
Weight, kg	94.44 ± 15.6	74.14 ± 12.9	<0.001 c
Physical Activity (Met.min/wk)	984.5±1241.5	1563.2 ± 1216.7	<0.001 c
BMI, kg/m2	33.19± 3.1	27.95 ± 2.1	<0.001 c
FBS, mg/dl	109.29 ± 7.6	92.21 ± 6.7	<0.001 c
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	184.79± 42.1	182.85 ± 40.1	<0.001 c
Triglycerides, mg/dl	180.40± 14.3	130.99 ±12.2	0.001 c
HDL, mg/dl	41.26 ±15.1	48.5 ± 17.3	0.017 c
LDL, mg/dl	121.17 ± 23.4	109.14 ± 13.0	<0.001 c
ALT, mg/dl	58.50 ±24.1	20.53 ±13.01	<0.001 c
AST, mg/dl	34.88 ±17.2	23.76 ± 9.6	0.17 c
Glycemic load	266.16 ± 85.9	264.07± 94.8	0.82
Dietary glycemic index	56.76± 5.08	54.29 ± 5.34	<0.001

^* mean ± SD ^a Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Patients; ^bp-values resulted from chi square; ^c p-values resulted from student t-test