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Table 1 Anthropometric data for the three fasting groups

From: Fasting time and lipid parameters: association with hepatic steatosis — data from a random population sample

 

Fasting groups

Total

 

1-4 h

4-8 h

> 8 h

 

Subjects (n, %)

151 (12.6%)

866 (72.5%)

178 (14.9%)

1195

Women (n, %)

83 (55%)

472 (54.5%)

71 (39.9%)

626 (52.4%)

Age (M ± SD) [years]

38.2 ± 12.5

41.8 ± 12.4

38.2 ± 11.2

40.8 ± 12.3

BMI (M ± SD) [kg/m 2 ]

24.9 ± 4.5

25.2 ± 4.5

25.6 ± 4.7

25.2 ± 4.6

WHR (M ± SD)

0.8 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

NAFLD (n, %)

33 (21.9%)

207 (23.9%)

39 (21.2%)

279 (23.4%)

MetS (n, %)

8 (5.3%)

30 (3.5%)

2 (1.1%)

40 (3.4%)

Diabetes (n, %)

3 (2%)

14 (1.6%)

3 (1.7%)

20 (1.7%)

Alcohol consumption (n, %)

    

  0 g/d

8 (5.3%)

23 (2.7%)

7 (3.9%)

38 (3.2%)

  1-20 g/d

63 (41.7%)

292 (33.7%)

82 (46.1%)

437 (36.5%)

  21-40 g/d

71 (47%)

465 (53.7%)

66 (37.1%)

602 (50.4%)

  >40 g/d

9 (6%)

86 (9.9%)

23 (12.9%)

118 (9.9%)

  1. BMI = body-mass index, d = day, g = gram, h = hour, kg = kilogram, m2 = square meter, MetS = metabolic syndrome, M = mean, n = number, NAFLD = non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, SD = standard deviation, WHR = waist-to-hip Ratio.