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Table 4 Clinical characteristics of monkeys with USS0–1 or USS2–3

From: Characterization of spontaneously-developed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in aged rhesus monkeys

Factor

All

(n = 86)

USS 2–3

(n = 25)

USS 0–1

(n = 61)

p-value

Age (years)

18.1 ± 0.6

17.8 ± 0.5

18.2 ± 0.8

0.76

SBP (mmHg)

127.1 ± 2.3

134.3 ± 4.3

124.1 ± 2.6

0.04

DBP (mmHg)

76.4 ± 1.1

78.9 ± 1.9

75.4 ± 1.4

0.17

BW (kg)

12.8 ± 0.5

16.7 ± 1.0

11.2 ± 0.4

< 0.001

BMI

17.9 ± 0.7

23.5 ± 1.4

15.6 ± 0.5

< 0.001

WC (cm)

45.0 ± 1.5

56.6 ± 3.0

40.2 ± 1.3

< 0.001

FPG (mmol/L)

4.6 ± 0.2

5.2 ± 0.6

4.3 ± 0.1

0.03

HOMA IR

6.9 ± 1.6

14.3 ± 5.1

3.9 ± 0.5

0.003

Insulin (μU/ml)

28.0 ± 3.9

50.1 ± 11.3

19.0 ± 2.1

< 0.001

CRP (mg/dL)

0.3 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.1

0.26

TG (mmol/L)

0.8 ± 0.1

1.3 ± 0.4

0.6 ± 0.0

0.005

TC (mmol/L)

4.1 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.6

3.8 ± 0.2

0.03

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.9 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 0.1

2.0 ± 0.1

0.01

LDL-c (mmol/L)

2.0 ± 0.2

2.9 ± 0.6

1.7 ± 0.2

0.01

NEFA (mmol/L)

1.1 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.1

0.10

ALT (U/L)

61.7 ± 4.0

65.1 ± 8.2

60.3 ± 4.5

0.59

AST (U/L)

27.4 ± 0.8

26.5 ± 1.

27.7 ± 0.9

0.52

  1. Data represented as mean ± SE; student t-test
  2. USS ultrasonographic steatosis score, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BW body weight, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HOMA IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, CRP C-reactive protein, TG triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, HDL-c high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-c low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, NEFA non-esterified fatty acid, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase