Table 3 Characteristics of the patients according to MASH status and sex.

From: Blood-based MASH diagnostic in candidates for bariatric surgery using mid-infrared spectroscopy: a European multicenter prospective study

 

Women (n = 217)

Men (n = 78)

p-value Women vs Men

 

without MASH (n = 186)

MASH (n = 31)

P-value

without MASH (n = 52)

MASH (n = 26)

P-value

Without MASH

MASH

Center (Liège/Nice/Amiens/Angers/Nancy/St Grégoire/Sauvegarde-Lyon) (%)

5.4–17.7–31.2- 3.2–12.4–11.3–18.8

3.2- 9.7–29.0- 6.5- 0–38.7–12.9

 < 0.01

13.5–17.3–34.6- 0—3.8–11.5–19.2

3.8–11.5–42.3- 7.7- 7.7–15.4–11.5

0.27

0.21

0.43

Age (years)

39 (30–48)

50 (44.5–56)

 < 0.01

45 (36–52)

44.5 (38.25–53.5)

0.76

0.01

0.09

BMI (kg/m2)

41.66 (39.307–46.587)

44.82 (39.75–48.75)

0.22

41.64 (39.03–46.29)

45 (38.995–50.12)

0.28

0.88

0.78

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

130 (120–141)

135 (129–153)

0.01

139 (124.75–152.25)

141 (131–145.75)

0.91

 < 0.01

0.78

% of patients with a positive alcohol report

7.5

9.7

0.72

13

7.7

0.71

0.18

1

AST (IU/L)

21 (17–26)

30 (23–38)

 < 0.01

24 (21–33)

37 (31–42)

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

0.03

ALT (IU/L)

23 (18–32)

38 (30.5–59.5)

 < 0.01

33 (27.5–52.5)

58.5 (35.25–83.75)

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

0.06

GGT (IU/L)

26 (19–34)

41 (30–66.5)

 < 0.01

33 (26–51.5)

51.5 (41.5–65)

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

0.35

Alkaline phosphatases (IU/L)

73.5 (62.75–90)

81 (72–91)

0.06

64.5 (56.25–79.5)

72 (53–78)

0.92

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

Bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.47 (0.4–0.64)

0.47 (0.35–0.53)

0.16

0.7 (0.47–0.87)

0.61 (0.555–0.76)

0.91

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

Prothrombin Time (%)

99 (91–100)

100 (98.5–100)

0.01

99.5 (91.25–100)

95 (90–100)

0.25

0.86

 < 0.01

Presence of Type 2 diabetes (%)

12

58

 < 0.01

25

35

0.43

0.03

0.11

Blood glucose (mmol/L)

5.215 (4.795–5.794)

6.104 (5.557–7.567)

 < 0.01

5.295 (4.895–5.904)

5.495 (4.895–7.293)

0.27

0.56

0.20

HbA1c (%)

5.6 (5.3–5.9)

6.4 (5.65–7.5)

 < 0.01

5.7 (5.4–6)

6 (5.6–6.85)

0.07

0.29

0.33

Presence of Dyslipidemia (%)

21

58

 < 0.01

35

42

0.62

0.06

0.29

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.7 (4.02–5.255)

4.69 (4.11–5.058)

0.39

4.42 (3.86–5.225)

4.64 (4.21–5.47)

0.32

0.40

0.32

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.09 (0.96–1.24)

1.26 (1.168–1.485)

 < 0.01

0.93 (0.84–1.08)

0.95 (0.9–1.01)

0.91

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)

2.9 (2.23–3.58)

2.77 (1.83–3.28)

0.13

2.67 (1.42–3.23)

2.98 (2.04–3.8)

0.23

0.08

0.27

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.37 (0.97–1.86)

1.43 (1.08–2.14)

0.32

1.51 (1.06–2.24)

2.08 (1.36–2.81)

0.06

0.09

0.05

Presence of Metabolic Syndrome (%)

72

100

 < 0.01

83

83

1

0.22

0.10

Steatosis S0-S1-S2-S3 (%)

28.5–29.0–32.8–9.7

0- 3.2–35.5–61.3

 < 0.01

13–35-35–17

0.0- 3.8–42.3–53.8

 < 0.01

0.10

0.79

Ballooning B0-B1-B2 (%)

97.8- 2.2- 0

0–68-32

 < 0.01

100–0-0

0.0–96.2–3.8

 < 0.01

0.58

 < 0.01

Inflammation I0-I1-I2 (%)

82–18- 0

0–61-39

 < 0.01

69–31- 0

0–88-12

 < 0.01

0.06

0.03

Fibrosis F0-F1-F2-F3-F4 (%)

87.63–11.83- 0.54–0-0

3.3–30.0–43.3–16.7- 6.7

 < 0.01

69–31- 0- 0- 0

3.8–38.5–42.3–15.4–0

NA

 < 0.01

0.72

  1. MASH: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis; BMI: Body mass index; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; GGT: Gamma-glutamyltransferase; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein. Relative values are presented as % and quantitative values are displayed as median and interquartile range.