Table 2 Sociodemographic, clinical, anthropometric and biochemical indexes of prediabetic subjects without and with NAFLD

Different subgroups of prediabetes [n (%)]

 IFG

33 (42.9)

21 (33.3)

–

 IGT

20 (26.0)

16 (25.4)

–

 IFG-IGT

24 (31.2)

26 (41.3)

–

Gender [n (%)]

 Male

35 (55.6)

42 (54.5)

–

 Female

28 (44.4)

35 (45.5)

–

Age (years)

44.2 ± 9.4

46.1 ± 9.2

−1.666/0.098

BMI (kg/m²)

25.54 ± 4.75

26.68 ± 4.16

−1.489/0.139

WC (cm)

89 ± 8

92 ± 8

−2.137/0.034

HC (cm)

95 ± 9

97 ± 8

−1.038/0.301

WHR

0.93 ± 0.04

0.94 ± 0.04

−2.098/0.038

% BF

29.1 ± 7.2

30.5 ± 7.6

−1.094/0.276

SBP (mmHg)

115 ± 18

126 ± 25

−2.899/0.004

DBP (mmHg)

78 ± 18

87 ± 20

−2.562/0.011

FSG (mmol/l)

5.88 ± 0.49

5.84 ± 0.41

0.534/0.594

PPSG (mmol/l)

7.92 ± 1.51

8.44 ± 1.47

−2.049/0.042

HbA_1c (%)

5.81 ± 0.62

5.89 ± 0.47

−0.879/0.381

TC (mg/dl)

185 ± 37

202 ± 40

−2.603/0.010

TG (mg/dl)

151 ± 72

177 ± 88

−1.925/0.047

HDL-c (mg/dl)

38 ± 7

35 ± 7

2.282/0.024

LDL-c (mg/dl)

116 ± 32

130 ± 36

−2.488/0.014

GOT (IU/l)

28 ± 12

34 ± 18

−2.255/0.026

GPT (IU/l)

33 ± 16

37 ± 17

−1.780/0.077

GGT (IU/l)

28 ± 14

36 ± 13

−3.059/0.003

ALP (IU/l)

103 ± 27

100 ± 26

0.516/0.606

HsCRP (mg/l)

1.39 ± 0.66

2.82 ± 1.60

−7.098/<0.001

log ESR (mm/h)

1.25 ± 0.20

1.38 ± 0.22

−3.393/0.001

FSI (µIU/ml)

6.83 ± 2.68

16.68 ± 7.17

−11.132/<0.001

PPSI (µIU/ml)

55 ± 38

83 ± 40

−4.294/<0.001

HOMA %S

59 ± 24

48 ± 15

3.310/<0.001

HOMA %B

127 ± 36

111 ± 32

2.721/0.007

HOMA-IR

1.98 ± 1.04

4.03 ± 1.39

−9.923/<0.001