Effects of Hydroxycitric Acid Supplementation on Body Composition, Obesity Indices, Appetite, Leptin, and Adiponectin of Women with NAFLD on a Calorie-Restricted Diet

Table 1

Baseline characteristic of the study patients.

Variable	Intervention (N = 19)	Control (N = 20)
Marital status
Married (%)	94.7	85.7
Occupation
Housewife (%)	73.7	81
Education level (%)
Up to high school	63.2	66.6
University degree	36.8	33.4
NAFLD grade (%)
Grade I	78.9	81
Grade II	15.8	19
Grade III	5.3	0
Age (yr.)	39.7 ± 7.3^†	32.6 ± 8.8^†
ALT (mg/dl)	20.80 ± 8.7^†	21.75 ± 9.20^†
AST (mg/dl)	20.84 ± 9.31^†	20.70 ± 9.73^†
AST/ALT	1.05 ± 0.32^†	0.98 ± 0.26^†

NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase. This table has been previously published. ^†Data are expressed as mean ± SD, value for chi square test, value for independent sample t-test.