Table 1 Characteristics of participants in different tertiles of ultrasound quantitative parameters.

From: Metabolic Characteristics of a Novel Ultrasound Quantitative Diagnostic Index for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Variables

LDA-texture index

P

SNR

P

CFDS slope

P

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

N

131

133

130

 

130

133

131

 

130

133

131

 

Men

25%

34%

56%

<0.0001

21%

42%

52%

<0.0001

25%

35%

54%

<0.0001

Age (yrs)

40.6

40.8

40.1

0.5627

38.3

40.9

42.4

0.0028

41.2

40.7

39.7

0.246

BMI (kg/m2)

22.1

23.8

26.5

<0.0001

21.4

24.4

26.5

<0.0001

22.7

23.4

26.3

<0.0001

WC (cm)

76.8

81.6

87.4

<0.0001

75.1

82.1

88.3

<0.0001

77.8

80.3

87.5

<0.0001

SBP (mmHg)

115.0

122.3

130.2

<0.0001

115.4

120.8

131.3

<0.0001

118.6

120.2

128.7

<0.0001

DBP (mmHg)

73.2

77.4

83.1

<0.0001

73.4

77.2

83.1

<0.0001

75.2

76.7

81.8

0.0003

FATPER (%)

27.5

29.0

30.3

0.0083

26.4

29.3

31.2

<0.0001

28.4

28.3

30.2

0.1967

VFR

5.8

7.5

10.2

<0.0001

4.8

8.4

10.3

<0.0001

6.3

7.1

10.0

<0.0001

FPG (mmol/L)

4.70

4.74

5.16

0.0002

4.59

4.84

5.16

<0.0001

4.68

4.72

5.20

<0.0001

TCHO (mmol/L)

4.90

4.94

5.15

0.0602

4.66

5.20

5.12

0.0009

4.83

4.97

5.18

0.0185

TG (mmol/L)

0.92

1.27

1.61

<0.0001

0.86

1.36

1.59

<0.0001

0.90

1.09

1.82

<0.0001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.61

1.52

1.31

<0.0001

1.62

1.50

1.32

<0.0001

1.61

1.52

1.32

<0.0001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.01

3.02

3.35

0.0035

2.79

3.27

3.31

<0.0001

2.92

3.13

3.33

0.0018

HOMA_IR

0.88

1.16

1.42

0.0002

0.92

1.11

1.41

0.0002

0.88

1.13

1.46

<0.0001

ALT (µkat/L)

0.32

0.38

0.63

<0.0001

0.30

0.44

0.60

<0.0001

0.32

0.41

0.60

<0.0001

MetS

7%

17%

31%

<0.0001

6%

14%

52%

<0.0001

9%

8%

38%

<0.0001

  1. aAbbreviations: ALT: alanine aminotransferase; BMI: body mass index; CFDS: center frequency downshift; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FATPER: fat percentage; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; LDA-texture: linear discriminant analysis was applied to combine the texture features; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MetS: metabolic syndrome; SBP: systolic blood pressure; SNR: signal-to-noise ratio; TCHO: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; VFR: visceral fat rating; WC: waist circumference.
  2. bT1: tertile 1; T2: tertile 2; T3: tertile 3.
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