Association between ALT/AST and Muscle Mass in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

The characteristics of patients with and without low muscle mass.

Characteristics	Male ()			Female ()
	Normal muscle mass ()	Low muscle mass; ()	value	Normal muscle mass; ()	Low muscle mass; ()	value
Age (years)			<0.001			0.002
Smoking			0.640			0.999
No ()	211	51		426	70
Yes ()	240	64		5	1
Drinking			0.932			0.999
No()	253	64		429	71
Yes()	198	51		2	0
Duration (years)	7.0 (4.0,10.0)	8.0 (6.0,12.0)	0.006	8.0 (5.0,10.0)	8.0 (5.0,10.0)	0.932
BMI (kg/m^2)			<0.001			<0.001
SMI(kg/m^2)			<0.001			<0.001
SBP (mmHg)			0.137			0.779
DBP (mmHg)			0.006			0.994
TG (mmol/L)	1.63 (1.05,2.46)	1.10 (0.85,1.83)	<0.001	1.47 (1.03,2.15)	1.32 (0.86,1.62)	0.002
TC (mmol/L)			0.724			0.624
LDL (mmol/L)			0.958			0.445
HDL (mmol/L)			0.011			0.136
FPG (mmol/L)			0.604			0.037
HbA1c (%)			0.028			0.528
ALT(U/L)	19.0 (14.0,28.0)	15.0 (11.0,21.0)	<0.001	16.0 (12.0,22.0)	14.0 (11.0,20.0)	0.066
AST(U/L)	17.0 (14.0,22.0)	16.0 (13.0,20.0)	0.003	16.0 (13.0,20.0)	18.0 (14.0,20.0)	0.402
ALT/AST	0.87 (0.68,1.07)	1.00 (0.82,1.26)	<0.001	1.00 (0.80,1.20)	1.09 (0.96,1.38)	<0.001