Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the MAFLD group and non-MAFLD group.

From: A clinical study of the correlation between metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and coronary plaque pattern

Characteristic

Total (n = 1164)

MAFLD (n = 680)

Non-MAFLD (n = 484)

t/z/χ2

P

Male

606 (52%)

363 (53.38%)

243 (50.20%)

1.14

0.280

Age

60.68 ± 10.32

60.77 ± 10.51

60.56 ± 10.05

0.34

0.710

BMI

24.92 ± 3.87

26.30 ± 3.59

22.98 ± 3.38

15.92

0.000

Systolic BP

126.90 ± 16.19

129.28 ± 16.06

123.57 ± 15.82

0.84

0.000

Diastolic BP

78.04 ± 11.31

79.38 ± 11.21

76.17 ± 11.20

0.79

0.000

Type 2 diabetes

345 (29.64%)

258 (37.94%)

87 (12.79%)

54.05

0.000

Hypertension

732 (62.80)

487 (71.62%)

245 (50.41%)

53.42

0.000

Smoking

324 (27.84%)

196 (28.82%)

128 (26.45%)

16.05

0.372

Obesity

214 (18.38%)

183 (26.75%)

31 (6.4%)

79.24

0.000

Lipid-lowering drugs

894 (76.80%)

553 (81.32%)

341 (70.45%)

18.75

0.000

Hyperlipidemia

674 (57.90%)

465 (68.38%)

275 (56.81%)

16.33

0.000

TG

2.04 ± 1.79

2.41 ± 2.13

1.51 ± 0.93

-11.76

0.000

HDL

1.13 ± 0.30

1.08 ± 0.26

1.20 ± 0.33

-6.36

0.000

LDL

2.90 ± 0.95

2.93 ± 0.92

2.86 ± 0.88

-3.21

0.158

FBG

6.18 ± 2.39

6.48 ± 2.47

5.76 ± 2.20

-7.33

0.000

ALT

26.71 ± 21.96

28.77 ± 22.20

23.82 ± 21.31

-7.52

0.000

AST

25.63 ± 25.75

25.55 ± 24.16

25.74 ± 27.84

-1.11

0.900

Creatinine

75.04 ± 31.47

74.95 ± 28.98

75.17 ± 34.69

-1.01

0.314

Urea

5.68 ± 2.50

5.53 ± 1.88

5.90 ± 3.16

-1.26

0.207

Uric acid

385.44 ± 106.02

405.60 ± 98.42

357.11 ± 109.87

-7.98

0.000

  1. BMI Body mass index; TG Total cholesterol; HDL High-density lipoprotein; LDL low-density lipoprotein; FBG fasting blood glucose; ALT alanine aminotransferase; AST aspartate aminotransferase.
  2. Significant values are in [bold].