Table 1 Characteristics of subjects.

From: Phosphorylated IGFBP-1 as a non-invasive predictor of liver fat in NAFLD

 

Discovery group

Validation group

All subjects

(n = 252)

(n = 126)

(n = 378)

Age (years)

44 (31–55)

40 (28–53)

43 (30–54)

Gender (women/men)

152/100

81/45

233/145

fS-pIGFBP-1 (μg/l)

56 (33–109)

67 (28–96)

58 (32–106)

PNPLA3 genotype (I148II/IM/MM)

56%/35%/10%

49%/42%/9%

52%/36%/9%

Liver fat%

5.0 (1.0–12.0)

4.7 (1.0–12.0)

4.9 (1.0–12.4)

NAFLD (no/yes)

134/118

70/56

204/174

S-ALT (U/l)

33 (21–51)

30 (20–53)

32 (21–51)

S-AST (U/l)

28 (23–40)

29 (22–40)

28 (23–40)

Weight (kg)

92.3 (79.9–118.2)

97.0 (81.5–114.7)

94.2 (80.9–115.2)

BMI (kg/m2)

32.6 (27.7–39.5)

33.0 (28.9–40.7)

32.7 (28.1–39.7)

Waist circumference (cm)

107 (95–122)

107 (97–122)

107 (96–122)

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.94 (0.80–1.01)

0.96 (0.89–1.03)

0.94 (0.88–1.02)

Body fat%

35 (26–42)

35 (29–40)

35 (27–41)

fP-Glucose (mmol/l)

5.8 (5.3–6.7)

5.7 (5.1–6.2)

5.7 (5.2–6.5)

HbA1c (%)

5.8 (5.4–6.3)

5.7 (5.3–6.1)

5.7 (5.4–6.2)

fS-Insulin (mU/l)

9.0 (6.0–15.2)

9.7 (6.0–15.7)

9.3 (6.0–15.0)

fS-C-peptide (nmol/l)

0.90 (0.58–1.18)

0.92 (0.64–1.18)

0.94 (0.58–1.23)

fS-Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.3 (1.0–1.9)

1.4 (1.0–1.8)

1.3 (1.0–1.9)

fS-HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

1.2 (1.1–1.6)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

fS-LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)

2.7 (2.1–3.3)

2.8 (2.2–3.4)

2.6 (2.1–3.4)

  1. Data are shown as median (25–75%). All comparisons between the discovery and validation groups were non-significant (Mann Whitney U and Chi square tests, accordingly).