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. 2022 Mar 27;14(3):612–622. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i3.612

Table 2.

Demographic, lifestyle and general health comorbidities of participants according to the presence of depression and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease


Individuals with NAFLD
Individuals without NAFLD

No depression (n = 207)
Depression (n = 28)
P value
No depression (n = 327)
Depression (n = 27)
P value
Age, mean ± SD 59.91 ± 6.34 60.15 ± 6.00 0.9433 60.02 ± 7.32 59.61 ± 8.44 0.9813
Male, % 115 (55.56%) 8 (28.57%) 0.0073 125 (38.23%) 6 (22.22%) 0.0978
White, % 197 (95.17%) 27 (96.43%) 0.7671 316 (96.64%) 24 (88.89%) 0.0471
Smoking status, %
Current 19 (9.18%) 4 (14.29%) 0.3934 41 (12.58%) 6 (22.22%) 0.1563
Former 86 (41.55%) 12 (42.86%) 0.8949 133 (40.80%) 8 (29.63%) 0.2549
Non-smoker 102 (49.28%) 12 (42.86%) 0.5236 152 (46.63%) 13 (48.15%) 0.8789
Regular exercise, %
Physically inactive 69 (33.33%) 17 (60.71%) 0.0048 75 (22.94%) 10 (37.04%) 0.0992
Moderate physical activity 86 (41.55%) 5 (17.86%) 0.0157 129 (39.45%) 10 (37.04%) 0.8051
Ideal physical activity 52 (25.12%) 6 (21.43%) 0.6706 123 (37.61%) 7 (25.93%) 0.2259
Obesity, % BMI
Lean 13 (6.28%) 2 (7.14%) 0.8609 232 (70.95%) 23 (85.19%) 0.1132
Overweight 118 (57.00%) 17 (60.71%) 0.7094 95 (29.05%) 4 (14.81%) 0.1132
Obese 76 (36.71%) 9 (32.14%) 0.6365 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) -------
History of CVD, % 14 (6.76%) 3 (10.71%) 0.4488 21 (6.42%) 2 (7.41%) 0.8417
History of arthritis, % 21 (10.14%) 8 (28.57%) 0.0054 37 (11.31%) 2 (7.41%) 0.5331
History of any cancer, % 46 (22.22%) 3 (10.71%) 0.1595 47 (14.37%) 1 (3.70%) 0.1196
Insulin resistance, % 97 (46.86%) 12 (42.86%) 0.6902 47 (14.37%) 1 (3.70%) 0.1196
Hypertension, % 44 (21.26%) 7 (25.00%) 0.6519 61 (18.65%) 5 (18.52%) 0.9861
Hyperlipidemia, % 177 (85.51%) 24 (85.71%) 0.9767 226 (69.11%) 19 (70.37%) 0.8918
Diabetes, % 50 (24.15%) 5 (17.86%) 0.4601 16 (4.89%) 3 (11.11%) 0.1682
Metabolic syndrome1, % 91 (43.96%) 11 (39.29%) 0.6394 21 (6.44%) 2 (7.41%) 0.8451

CVD: Cardiovascular disease; SD: Standard deviation; NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, NCEP ATP III (2005 revision).

1

P value by nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis Test for continuous variables, chi-square test for categorical variable. Data are presented as the mean ± SD for numerical variables and count (%) for categorical variables.