Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the serum participants.

	Healthy	NAFLD	p-value
Gender (Female/Male)	23/17	15/25	0.8440
ALB (g/L)	47.0921 ± 4.2463	43.7455 ± 7.4785	0.0232
GLOB (g/L)	28.5921 ± 3.7687	28.7636 ± 6.0756	0.8868
ALT (U/L)	18.475 ± 9.0083	46.9697 ± 48.3193	0.0006
AST (U/L)	21.275 ± 4.5661	34.3824 ± 29.9539	0.0088
ALP (U/L)	65.1316 ± 18.674	83.5807 ± 32.6267	0.005
GGT (U/L)	16.2368 ± 8.6311	52.2258 ± 52.3263	<0.0001
TC (mmol/L)	4.0688 ± 0.5418	4.6415 ± 0.974	0.0024
TG (mmol/L)	1.1748 ± 0.2467	2.2413 ± 1.9317	<0.0001
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.2587 ± 0.1904	1.1139 ± 0.3289	0.0262
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.4581 ± 0.5027	2.6868 ± 0.8431	0.1821

Values are present as mean ± SD. Abbreviations: ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; GLOB: globulin; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; GGT: γ-glutamyltranspeptidase; TC: total cholesterol; TG: total triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoproteins; LDL-C: low-density lipoproteins.