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Table 1 Demographics and other characteristics of subjects with and without hepatic steatosis

From: Coffee consumption and NAFLD: a community based study on 1223 subjects

 

Hepatic steatosis not diagnosed (n = 1071, mean ± STD)

Hepatic steatosis diagnosed (n = 381, mean ± STD)

Total

p value

Gender, n (%)

 Female

639 (59.7 %)

150 (39.4 %)

789 (54.3 %)

<0.0001

 Male

432 (40.3 %)

231 (60.6 %)

663 (45.7 %)

 

Age

39.9 ± 12.4

49.0 ± 11.4

42.3 ± 12.8

<0.0001

BMI

24.1 ± 3.8

29.8 ± 4.7

25.6 ± 4.7

<0.0001

Waist/hip-ratio

0.8 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

<0.0001

Coffee consumption, n (%)

 More than once a day

209 (19.5 %)

72 (18.9 %)

281 (19.4 %)

 

 Daily

587 (54.8 %)

237 (62.2 %)

824 (56.8 %)

 

 Less than weekly

86 (8.0 %)

26 (6.8 %)

112 (7.7 %)

 

 Less than monthly

45 (4.2 %)

7 (1.8 %)

52 (3.6 %)

0.0408

 Seldom/rarely

144 (13.5 %)

39 (10.2 %)

183 (12.6 %)

 

ALT

13.3 ± 5.6

20.0 ± 10.6

15.1 ± 7.8

<0.0001

AST

8.9 ± 2.4

11.0 ± 5.1

9.5 ± 3.5

<0.0001

GGT

11.0 ± 11.0

19.1 ± 20.3

13.2 ± 14.5

<0.0001

Metabolic syndrome, n (%)

 No

1050 (98.0 %)

317 (83.2 %)

1367 (94.2 %)

<0.0001

 Yes

21 (2.0 %)

64 (16.8 %)

85 (5.9 %)

 
  1. Significant p values are in italics
  2. STD standard deviation, BMI body-mass index, ALT alanine transaminase, AST aspartate transaminase, GGT gamma-glutamyl transferase