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Table 1 Demographic characteristics among the studied cases and comparison according to the presence of NAFLD

From: Clinical and diagnostic characteristics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among Egyptian children and adolescents with type1 diabetes

Variables

All cases (N = 74)

NAFLD

P-value

Present (N = 46)

Absent (N = 28)

Age (years), mean ± SD

14.3 ± 3.0

15.4 ± 2.3

12.4 ± 3.1

^ < 0.001*

Gender (n, %)

Male

37 (50.0%)

17 (37.0%)

20 (71.4%)

#0.004*

Female

37 (50.0%)

29 (63.0%)

8 (28.6%)

Family history

Type 2 DM

47 (63.5%)

31 (67.4%)

16 (57.1%)

#0.374

Obesity

33 (44.6%)

23 (50.0%)

10 (35.7%)

#0.231

Liver disease

17 (23.0%)

13 (28.3%)

4 (14.3%)

#0.166

Hypertension

30 (40.5%)

19 (41.3%)

11 (39.3%)

#0.864

Consanguinity

13 (17.6%)

7 (15.2%)

6 (21.4%)

§0.539

  1. BMI body mass index
  2. ^Independent t-test
  3. #Chi square test
  4. §Fishers exact test
  5. *Significant (p < 0.050)