Table 1.

The major characteristics and laboratory test results in male patients of the case and control groups.

Feature	Control (n = 66)	Case (n = 66)	P
Age	45.26 ± 8.11	43.47 ± 8.83	0.23
WC	94.93 ± 4.92	97.15 ± 8.31	0.09
SBP	138.70 ± 14.91	143.05 ± 13.02	0.08
DBP	88.47 ± 10.55	91.65 ± 10.29	0.08
BMI	28.47 ± 1.90	28.93 ± 2.78	0.27
WBC	6.34 ± 1.41	6.97 ± 1.35	0.01*
PLT	221.71 ± 45.67	240.3 ± 60.64	0.04*
NEUT	3.77 ± 1.02	4.08 ± 1.00	0.08
MON	0.37 ± 0.11	0.47 ± 0.12	<0.01**
BASO	0.03 ± 0.02	0.04 ± 0.02	0.016*
ALT	30.82 ± 13.02	46.89 ± 36.9	<0.01**
AST	21.58 ± 5.58	29.55 ± 17.21	<0.01**
GGT (U/L)	31.02 ± 9.66	96.00 ± 47.88	<0.01**
ALB	48.74 ± 2.46	48.94 ± 2.69	0.645
TBIL	12.16 ± 4.09	12.96 ± 6.65	0.41
Crea	75.21 ± 11.71	73.14 ± 11.05	0.30
SUA	376.67 ± 97.02	392.79 ± 76.31	0.29
TC	4.79 ± 0.87	5.19 ± 0.85	0.01*
TG	2.51 ± 1.09	3.33 ± 2.52	0.02*
HDL	1.13 ± 0.26	1.15 ± 0.26	0.62
LDL	2.99 ± 0.75	3.18 ± 0.78	0.15
FBG	6.46 ± 2.02	6.68 ± 2.02	0.53
MAFLD	NO 11; YES 55	NO 5; YES 61	0.11
Regular meals	NO 15; YES 51	NO 25; YES 41	0.058
Dietary habit	mix19; meatarian 44; vegetarian 3	mix 15; meatarian 36; vegetarian 15	0.01*
Wholegrains	NO 21; YES 45	NO 33; YES 33	0.034*
Yogurt	NO 36; YES 30	NO 41; YES 25	0.377
Smoking	NO 38; YES 28	NO 28; YES 38	0.082
Drinking	NO 20; YES 46	NO 19; YES 50	0.434
Sporting	not 19; rarely 24; frequently 23	not 21; rarely 28; frequently 17	0.52

WC, waist circumference; BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; ALB, albumin; TBIL, total bilirubin; SUA, serum uric acid; Crea, serum creatinine; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; WBC, white blood cell; NEUT, absolute value of neutrophil; MO, monocyte absolute value; BASO, absolute basophil; PLT, platelet; MAFLD, metabolic-associated fatty liver disease. ^* P< 0.05 and ^** P< 0.01.