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Table 3 Blood pressure and anthropometric measurements among the studied cases and comparison according to NAFLD presence

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

Variables

Total cases (N = 74)

NAFLD

P-value

Present (N = 46)

Absent (N = 28)

SBP (mmHg), Mean ± SD

109.9 ± 8.4

109.3 ± 7.4

110.7 ± 9.8

^0.499

DBP (mmHg), Mean ± SD

73.2 ± 5.1

73.0 ± 5.1

73.4 ± 5.1

^0.776

BMI Z-score, Mean ± SD

0.16 ± 0.95

0.45 ± 0.77

− 0.31 ± 1.04

^0.001*

BMI Z-score grades

 ≤ − 2.0

2 (2.7%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (7.1%)

#0.003*

− 1.0

10 (13.5%)

2 (4.3%)

8 (28.6%)

 ± 0.0

47 (63.5%)

29 (63.0%)

18 (64.3%)

 + 1.0

17 (23.0%)

15 (32.6%)

2 (7.1%)

 ≥  + 2.0

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Waist-hip ratio, Mean ± SD

0.85 ± 0.06

0.87 ± 0.06

0.82 ± 0.05

^0.001*

Waist-height ratio, Mean ± SD

0.46 ± 0.07

0.48 ± 0.07

0.43 ± 0.07

^0.001*

Sum of SFT (mm), Mean ± SD

46.3 ± 17.7

53.8 ± 16.4

34.0 ± 12.2

^ < 0.001*

  1. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index, SFT skinfold thickness
  2. ^Independent t-test
  3. #Chi square test
  4. §Fishers Exact test
  5. *Significant (p < 0.05)