| Patient characteristics | Median and interquartile range for continuous variables. Proportions and 95 confidence intervals for the categorical variables |
| Controlled attenuation parameter (mean, interquartile range1) | 254 dB/m | Liver fibrosis (median, interquartile range2) | 4.8 kPa | Age (median, interquartile range3) | 38 years | Male (proportion, 95% CI4) | 0.489 | Body mass index (median, interquartile range5) | 26.9 | Metabolic energy expenditure per week (median, interquartile range6) | 1680 kcal/week | Triglyceride levels (median, interquartile range7) | 86 mg/dL | LDL levels (median, interquartile range8) | 105 mg/dL | Hba1c (median, interquartile range9) | 5.4% | Amount of alcohol drink in the last month10 | Once a month | Systolic blood pressure (median, interquartile range11) | 118 mmHg | Diastolic blood pressure (median, interquartile range12) | 71 mmHg | Hours of fasting prior to the procedure (median, interquartile range13) | 7 hours | Smoking14 | Mean of 1.8 cigarettes in the last month (average cigarettes smoked for the last month) |
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1(212–302 dB/m), 2(4–5.9 kPa), 3(19–57 years), 4(0.95 CI = 47.2–51), 5(22.1–32.2), 6(240–5760 kcal), 7(57–132 mg/dL), 8(85–125 mg/dL), 9(5.2–5.8%), 10(two times a week-one to two times in the past year), 11(107–130 mmHg), 12(63–78 mmHg), 13(4–12 hours), 14(0.95 CI 1.48–2.16).
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