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Table 1 Characteristics of the study subjects

From: Fatty liver in men is associated with high serum levels of small, dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

 

Overall

Fatty liver (−)

Fatty liver (+)

P values

 

(476)

(286)

(190)

Fatty liver (−) vs.(+)

Age (years)

55.9 [55.1−56.8]

57.8 [56.5−58.9]

53.2 [51.9−54.4]

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

24.2 [23.9−24.5]

23.1 [22.7−23.4]

25.9 [25.5−26.3]

< 0.001

Obesity (% of subjects)

37.0

23.8

56.8

< 0.001

Blood glucose (g/dl)

106.8 [105.2−108.4]

104.5 [102.4−106.5]

110.2 [107.7−112.8]

< 0.001

Hyperglycemia (% of subjects)

29.0

24.5

35.8

0.008

TG (mg/dl)

132.5 [125.9−139.2]

112.6 [104.5−120.7]

162.6 [152.7−172.5]

<0.001

HDL-C (mg/dl)

55.7 [54.5−56.9]

58.0 [56.4−59.6]

52.2 [50.5−53.9]

< 0.001

LDL-C$ (mg/dl)

130.2 [127.6−132.9]

127.4 [124.1−130.7]

134.5 [130.1−138.8]

0.010

TC (mg/dl)

212.4 [209.5−215.3]

208.0 [204.3−211.7]

219.1 [214.4−223.9]

< 0.001

sd-LDL-C (mg/dl)

44.6 [43.1−46.2]

40.8 [38.9-42.8]

50.5 [48.0-53.0]

< 0.001

Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl)

97.8 [96.−99.6]

93.2 [91.0−95.4]

104.6 [101.9−107.3]

< 0.001

ALT (IU/L)

28.1 [26.4−29.7]

22.7 [20.8−24.6]

36.1 [33.7−38.5]

< 0.001

γ-GTP (IU/L)

45.4 [41.2−49.5]

36.9 [31.7−42.1]

58.0 [51.6−64.4]

< 0.001

Hypertension (% of subjects)

54.8

52.5

58.4

0.200

Current alcohol consumption (%)

37.8

40.2

34.2

0.186

Smoking status (% of subjects) (never/former/current)

31.5/39.9/28.6

31.8/39.5/28.7

31.1/40.5/28.4

0.974

  1. Data are expressed as means [95% CIs] or percentages.
  2. $, LDL-C levels were calculated using the Friedwald formula.
  3. Continuous variables were compared by t-test and categorical variables were compared by Chi-square test.