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Table 4 Anthropometric data in subjects with and without hepatic steatosis

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

 

Steatosis no

Steatose yes

Total

p

(n = 916)

(n = 279)

(n = 1195)

Anthropometric data

Sex (n, %)

    

  Female

534 (58.3%)

92 (33%)

626 (52.4%)

<0.0001*

  Male

382 (41.7%)

187 (67%)

569 (47.6%)

 

Age (M ± SD) [years]

38.8 ± 11.9

47.3 ± 11.7

40.8 ± 12.3

<0.0001*

BMI (M ± SD) [kg/m 2 ]

24.0 ± 3.7

29.4 ± 4.6

25.2 ± 4.6

<0.0001*

WHR (M ± SD)

0.8 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

<0.0001*

Diabetes (n, %)

8 (0.9%)

12 (4.3%)

20 (1.7%)

<0.0001*

MetS (n, %)

9 (1%)

31 (11.1%)

40 (3.4%)

<0.0001*

  1. BMI = body-mass index, MetS = metabolic syndrome, M = mean, n = number, SD = standard deviation, WHR = waist-to-hip ratio.
  2. *Statistical significance for p < 0.05.