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Table 3 Relationship between severity of liver steatosis and metabolic parameters

From: The relationship between severity of liver steatosis and metabolic parameters in a sample of Iranian adults

Parameters

Grade I

Grade II

Grade III

P value

r

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age

51

11.7

49

9.7

44

11.4

0.651

0.11

BMI (kg/m2)

28.4

5.1

29.6

‏7.3

32.7

8.4

0.001

0.52

TG (mg/dl)

151.7

61.3

167.4

46.8

183.7

52.9

0.026

0.47

TC (mg/dl)

211.9

71.8

204.7

51.8

208.7

61.5

0.27

0.14

LDL-C ‏(mg/dl)

149.4

54.2

139.7

‏33.9

‏‏141.1

55.9

0.341

0.22

HDL-C (mg/dl)

58.7

24.4

‏51.1

‏16.6

42.7

18.9

0.011

0.38

FBS (mg/dl)

103.4

44.1

109.7

42.9

116.8

38.7

0.041

0.28

ALT (U/l)

32.9

‏16.8

38.8

15.2

54.9

19.9

< 0.001

0.61

AST (U/l)

23.6

8.1

27.5

6.4

34.1

11.7

< 0.001

0.52

ALP (U/l)

177.9

54.2

181.3

60.1

169.6

71.7

0.234

0.31

  1. Italic values indicate significance of P value (P < 0.05)
  2. BMI body mass index, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FBS fasting blood sugar, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALP alkaline phosphatase
  3. P-values are based on Pearson’s correlation coefficient test