Mediterranean-Oriented Dietary Intervention Is Effective to Reduce Liver Steatosis in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Results from an Italian Clinical Trial

Table 2

Means (SD) of laboratory findings and dietary scores among NAFLD patients and healthy controls at baseline.

Parameters	NAFLD patients (n = 58)	Healthy controls (n = 73)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	208 (34)	196 (39)	0.06
HDL	50 (12)	66 (18)	<0.001
LDL	128 (31)	114 (38)	0.02
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	152 (93)	82 (39)	<0.001
Glycemia (mg/dL)	98 (19)	85 (9)	<0.001
Insulinemia (μU/mL)	15 (14)	5 (4)	<0.001
AST (U/L)	24 (12)	20 (9)	0.02
ALT (U/L)	42 (22)	29 (22)	<0.001
HOMA-IR index	3.8 (4.2)	1.1 (0.9)	<0.001
Medscore	12 (3)	15 (4)	<0.001

HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL: low density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR: HOmeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance; Medscore: Mediterranean diet adherence score. Mann–Whitney test.