Table 1. Demographic and clinical features of NAFLD patients and healthy controls in the screening set.
| screening set | |||||
| Variables | NAFLDs (n = 20) | Controls (n = 20) | p-value | ||
| N0. | % | N0. | % | ||
| Average age(years) | 40.25±7.57 | 39.1±6.83 | p = 0.617a | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 15 | 75 | 16 | 80 | p = 0.705b |
| Female | 5 | 25 | 4 | 20 | |
| BMI1 | 25.19±1.74 | 22.49±1.36 | p = 0.000a | ||
| Smoking status | |||||
| Ever | 3 | 15 | 2 | 10 | p = 0.865b |
| Current | 5 | 25 | 6 | 30 | |
| Never | 12 | 60 | 12 | 60 | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||||
| Occasional2 | 15 | 75 | 12 | 60 | p = 0.311b |
| Never | 5 | 25 | 8 | 40 | |
| NAS3 | |||||
| <3 | 6 | 30 | |||
| ≥3∼5 | 10 | 50 | |||
| ≥5 | 4 | 20 | |||
| ALT(U/L) | 52.55±44.02 | 27.35±7.48 | p = 0.016a | ||
| AST(U/L) | 54.1±43.78 | 27.5±4.81 | p = 0.01a | ||
| Platelets(109/L) | 131.5±21.95 | 153.12±22.65 | p = 0.004a | ||
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BMI: Body mass index, 2Occasional: the ethanol intake per week was less than 140 g in men (70 g in women) in the past 12 months.3NAS: the NAFLD activity score. aIndependent samples-t test. bPearson Chi-Square.