Table 2 Characteristics of the NAFLD Patients With and Without diabetes mellitus

From: Association between serum free fatty acid levels and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a cross-sectional study

Variable

diabetic NAFLD (n = 114)

non-diabetic NAFLD (n = 726)

P value

Age (yr)

45.3 ± 12.7

46.2 ± 12.3

0.301

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.9 ± 2.3

26.2 ± 2.8

0.232

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

133.1 ± 17.1

131.6 ± 15.8

0.417

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

81.1 ± 11.1

81.8 ± 37.2

0.709

Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)

32(9–138)

28 (6–184)

0.101

Aspertate aminotransferase (U/L)

27 (15–122)

24 (12–103)

0.095

Glutamyltransferase (U/L)

41(12–190)

33 (7–340)

0.041

Creatine Kinase (U/L)

92(39–330)

91(17–287)

0.215

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.98 (0.80–9.07)

1.61(0.34–20.30)

0.004

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.12 ± 1.04

5.05 ± 0.97

0.295

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)

0.98 ± 0.23

1.05 ± 0.27

0.091

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.09 ± 0.80

2.97 ± 0.59

0.358

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)

6.97(5.39–16.01)

5.02(3.39–6.01)

<0.001

Uric acid (umol/L)

384.7 ± 67.0

361.1 ± 81.4

0.014

Hemoglobin A1c (%)

7.2 (5.6–12.5)

5.5 (4.6–5.8)

<0.001

Homocysteine (umol/L)

16.3(5.3–150.3)

17.2(4.2–126.2)

0.241

Fe (umol/L)

24.1(9.4–52.4)

23.2(8.1–106.1)

0.346

Sialic acid (mg/dL)

78.6 ± 8.1

66.1 ± 6.7

<0.001

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (mg/L)

2.0 (0.6–15.2)

1.9 (0.3–10.2)

0.079

White blood cell (109/L)

6.9 (4.3–12.3)

6.5(3.9–14.6)

0.048

Pancreatic Lipase (U/L)

29 (4–186)

28(6–319)

0.194

Amylase (U/L)

36 (23–86)

45(21–207)

<0.001

Free fatty acid (mmol/L)

0.76(0.3–2.8)

0.62(0.12–3.40)

0.007

Hemoglobin (g/L)

156.6 ± 13.4

154.3 ± 13.3

0.602

Platelet (109/L)

230.3 ± 56.5

233.2 ± 52.3

0.484

Red blood cell distribution width

13.7(11.6–18.2)

13.0(11.6–19.7)

0.785