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Table 3 Comparison of liver markers and lipid profile between different grades of NAFLD

From: Metabolic syndrome and biochemical changes among non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients attending a tertiary care hospital of Nepal

Liver markers

Grade I- NAFLD

(n = 120)

Grade II- NAFLD

(n = 87)

Grade III- NAFLD

(n = 12)

p

ALT (U/L)

33.65 ± 16.51

53.52 ± 29.20

40.75 ± 9.42

0.002

AST (U/L)

34.87 ± 20.63

43.86 ± 19.37

38.75 ± 17.53

0.191

ALP (U/L)

160.80 ± 51.28

177.48 ± 44.57

221.25 ± 74.10

0.049

TP (g/dl)

6.70 ± 0.57

6.26 ± 0.70

6.20 ± 0.47

0.014

Albumin (g/dl)

3.53 ± 0.42

3.31 ± 0.38

3.07 ± 0.13

0.021

TB (mg/dl

0.85 ± 0.16

0.82 ± 0.09

1.07 ± 0.36

0.011

DB (mg/dl)

0.23 ± 0.06

0.24 ± 0.10

0.27 ± 0.15

0.593

Lipid profile

 TC

184.21 ± 36.67

197.71 ± 41.05

221.51 ± 53.35

0.117

 TG

156.97 ± 62.95

227.86 ± 112.32

269.57 ± 85.23

0.001

 HDL-C

43.62 ± 2.87

41.34 ± 3.99

40.00 ± 2.16

0.009

 LDL-C

109.18 ± 32.48

110.71 ± 38.44

127.51 ± 53.25

0.627

  1. Bold represents statistically significant values (p < 0.05). n- the number of patients