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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (n = 143)

From: Anthropometric and blood parameters for the prediction of NAFLD among overweight and obese adults

General characteristics

 Age

50.1 ± 8.1

 Women (%)

49.7

 University Degree (%)

46.1

 Alcohol intake (g/d)a

11.0 ± 13.3

Anthropometry

 BMI (kg/m2)

31.4 ± 3.7

 Waist circumference (women) (cm)

99.5 ± 10.1

 Waist circumference (men) (cm)

109.1 ± 10.6

 Height (cm)

172.9 ± 9.8

Liver fat

 Liver fat content (%)

7.7 ± 6.0

 NAFLD (%)b

52.5

Liver function

 AST (U/l)

22.9 ± 5.3

 ALT (U/l)

26.7 ± 11.1

 AST to ALT ratio

1.0 ± 0.3

 GGT (U/l)

26.8 ± 15.8

 ALP (U/l)

70.7 ± 16.9

 LDH (U/l)

196.6 ± 28.7

 Albumin (g/l)

43.7 ± 2.2

 Bilirubin (mg/dl)

0.7 ± 0.3

Kidney function

 Uric acid (mg/dl)

30.1 ± 6.8

 Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.8 ± 0.1

Lipid metabolism

 HDL (mg/dl)

54.0 ± 14.2

 LDL (mg/dl)

125.9 ± 27.1

 Triglycerides (mg/dl)

132.8 ± 80.7

Glucose metabolism

 Glucose (nmol/l)

5.2 ± 0.4

 HbA1c (%)

5.5 ± 0.3

 Insulin (pg/ml)

6.8 ± 4.3

 HOMA-IR (μU/mmol/l)

1.6 ± 1.1

Iron metabolism

 Ferritin (μg/l)

148.8 ± 142.0

 Iron (μmol/l)

17.9 ± 6.6

 Total Iron Binding Capacity (μmol/l)

61.6 ± 7.7

 Transferrin (g/l)

2.9 ± 0.4

Adipokines and cytokines

 CRP (pg/ml)

3.1 ± 3.3

 Adiponectin (pg/ml)

17.5 ± 11.2

 Leptin (pg/ml)

8.9 ± 9.4

 Resistin (pg/ml)

4.3 ± 1.8

 IL-6 (pg/ml)

1.6 ± 2.0

 IL-8 (pg/ml)

11.1 ± 12.3

 Interferon-γ (pg/ml)

14.8 ± 13.9

 TNF-α (pg/ml)

4.5 ± 2.6

  1. Continuous values shown as arithmetic mean ± standard deviation;
  2. aas assessed by 7-day dietary record
  3. bNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (liver fat content > 5.56%)