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Table 1 General characteristics and comparison of morphological and metabolic syndrome components of obese adolescents with and without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

From: Morphological and metabolic determinants of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese youth: a pilot study

 

Male N-NAFLD

Male P-NAFLD

Female N-NAFLD

Female P-NAFLD

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p

Age (years)

10.8(2.6)

121(2.5)

11.2(2.7)

10.7(2.7)

0.063

Weight (kg)

67.8(20.4)ab

78.9(22.4)a

63.4(15.0)b

66.2(24.7)ab

0.003

Height (cm)

151.1(13.8)

155.8(13.1)

149.9(11.3)

149.8(13.5)

0.170

BMI (kg/m2)

29.0(4.7)a

31.8(4.9)b

27.8(3.7)ac

28.6(5.8)abc

0.000

GL (mg/dl)

82.2(5.8)

82.7(6.2)

80.9(6.3)

80.8(7.5)

0.399

TG (mg/dl)

113.9(49.4)

138.8(78.7)

111.0(42.4)

125.7(43.0)

0.073

TC (mg/dl)

167.0(35.5)

168.3(33.2)

163.6(30.9)

166.5(23.4

0.883

HDL-C (mg/dl)

43.4(10.3)

40.9(11.3)

44.2(9.5)

41.4(11.0)

0.418

LDL-C (mg/dl)

100.7(31.8)

99.5(32.7)

97.1(27.3)

99.9(18.1)

0.909

SCF (cm)

3.0(1.2)

3.4(1.1)

3.0(0.9)

2.9(1.0)

0.316

IAF (cm)

4.6(1.5)a

5.2(2.0)a

3.7(1.1)b

4.9(1.1)a

0.000

%TF

44.3(5.9)

45.2(4.9)

46.2(4.7)

45.8(4.9)

0.220

FM (Kg)

30.1(10.8)ab

35.3(11.9)a

29.0(9.1)b

30.1(118)ab

0.042

FFM (kg)

34.8(9.9)ab

40.1(11.5)a

30.8(6.6)b

33.4(13.0)ab

0.000

TFM (kg)

13.5(5.2)a

17.0(5.9)b

13.0(4.1)ac

14.3(5.7)abc

0.002

SBP (mmHg)

119.0(14.2)ab

124.3(13.6)a

116.2(10.3)b

119.1(12.5)ab

0.039

DBP (mmHg)

70.0(7.8)

72.4(8.9)

69.1(6.6)

71.1(5.6)

0.222

Insulin (μUI/mL)

61.6(51.4)

56.2(59.8)

42.1(54.6)

65.8(83.1)

0.436

  1. N-NAFLD absence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; P-NAFLD presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; SD= standard deviation; BMI= Body Mass Index; GL = glucose; TG = triglycerides; TC = total cholesterol; HDL-C = high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C = low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; SCF = Subcutaneous abdominal fat tissue thickness; IAF = Intra-abdominal fat tissue thickness; %TF = Percentage of trunk fat; FM= Fat mass; FFM= Fat-free mass; TFM= Trunk fat mass; SBP= systolic blood pressure; DBP= diastolic blood pressure; p<0.005; superscript letter means statistical difference between groups.