Research Article
Association and Prediction of Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Asymptomatic Patients
Table 1
General characteristics of the study population.
| | Without significant stenosis (n = 3,449) (mean ± SD) | With significant stenosis (n = 244) (mean ± SD) | value |
| Sex (N, %) | | | <0.001 | Male | 1.800 (52.18) | 170 (69.67) | | Female | 1.649 (47.81) | 74 (30.32) | <0.001 |
| Age (years) | 57.00 ± 9.67 | 63.58 ± 8.69 | <0.001 | BMI (kg/m2) | 24.14 ± 3.21 | 24.74 ± 2.87 | 0.004 | WC (cm) | 85.96 ± 9.09 | 88.58 ± 7.97 | <0.001 | SBP (mmHg) | 125.40 ± 15.94 | 130.01 ± 15.61 | <0.001 | DBP (mmHg) | 75.58 ± 10.65 | 77.07 ± 11.32 | 0.035 | HbA1c | 5.86 ± 0.68 | 6.26 ± 1.08 | <0.001 | FPG (mg/dL) | 96.07 ± 20.29 | 109.52 ± 31.26 | <0.001 | TC (mg/dL) | 199.56 ± 36.96 | 199.95 ± 37.46 | 0.871 | TG (mg/dL) | 115.78 ± 67.86 | 138.89 ± 97.39 | <0.001 | HDL (mg/dL) | 54.60 ± 14.47 | 49.26 ± 12.62 | <0.001 | LDL (mg/dL) | 126.85 ± 34.94 | 129.69 ± 38.28 | 0.222 | AST (IU/L) | 25.74 ± 14.48 | 27.55 ± 14.16 | 0.059 | ALT (IU/L) | 27.52 ± 24.67 | 31.42 ± 27.49 | 0.017 | γ-GTP (IU/L) | 32.79 ± 33.68 | 38.03 ± 42.83 | 0.021 | Hypertension (%) | 1247 (36.15) | 146 (59.83) | <0.001 | Current smoker (%) | 458 (13.27) | 51 (20.90) | <0.001 |
| NAFLD (N, %) | | | <0.001 | Normal (grade 0) | 2,005 (58.13) | 99 (40.57) | | Mild (grade 1) | 710 (20.58) | 67 (27.45) | | Moderate (grade 2) | 657 (19.04) | 67 (27.45) | | Severe (grade 3) | 76 (2.23) | 11 (4.50) | |
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SD: standard deviation; BM: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; γ-GTP: γ-glutamyltranspeptidase; NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Log transformation t test. |