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Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of NAFLD Compared with Control Subjects.

From: Elevated endotoxin levels in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

 

NAFLD

Controls

P-value

Age

(yrs)

49.1 ± 12.6

44.6 ± 9.9

NS

BMI

(kg/m 2 )

34.0 ± 6.0

26.4 ± 4.5

0.0001

Endotoxin #:

(EU/mL)

10.6(7.8, 14.8)

3.9(3.2, 5.2)

0.0001

Fatty Liver #

11.7(7.3, 15.6)

n/a

0.0001

NASH #

10.5(8.0, 14.0)

n/a

0.0001

Cirrhosis #

7.1(5.2, 11.2)

n/a

0.01

Insulin #

(μU/mL)

18.5(10.3, 28.8)

12.9(10.6, 16.0)

0.001

Glucose #

(mmol/L)

5.5(4.8, 6.5)

5.3(4.9, 6.2)

NS

HOMA-IR #

4.2(2.5, 7.5)

3.1(2.4, 4.1)

0.001

TNF-α #

(pg/mL)

5.8(4.5, 8.1)

11.2(9.5, 12.2)

0.0001

sCD14 #

(ng/mL)

1623(1370, 2013)

1431.3 ± (1244, 1827)

NS

sTNFRII #

(pg/mL)

2229.2(1865.6, 2879.9)

2253.2(1900.4, 2536.5)

NS

  1. Data are presented as mean (± SD) unless log transformed (#) in which case they are presented as mean (interquartile range).