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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population stratified by hepatic fat (%)

From: Amount of hepatic fat predicts cardiovascular risk independent of insulin resistance among Hispanic-American adolescents

Parameters, mean (SD)

Hepatic fat < 5%

Hepatic fat ≥ 5% and < 10%

Hepatic fat ≥ 10%

p-value

n

13

18

19

 

Age (years)

14.5 (1.85)

13.8 (2.23)

13.5 (2.91)

0.450

Male (n, %)

5 (38.5)

3 (16.7)

13 (68.4)

0.005

Weight (kg)

82.9 (19.8)

79.6 (17.4)

81.8 (13.9)

0.853

BMI z score

1.94 (0.26)

2.04 (0.32)

2.24 (0.43)

0.058

ALT (U/L)

16.9 (7.27)

19.8 (8.04)

73.6 (111)

<0.001

Hepatic fat (%)

3.95 (0.64)

7.25 (1.63)

15.6 (4.85)

<0.001

Visceral fat (cm2)

86.6 (35.7)

71.0 (23.3)

114 (48.8)

0.053

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.28 (0.89)

5.27 (0.71)

5.22 (1.08)

0.857

Insulin (mU/L)

17.3 (7.14)

29.3 (20.6)

41.4 (35.7)

0.008

HOMA-IR

3.94 (1.45)

7.03 (5.64)

10.2 (11.0)

0.019

Adipo-IR

13.4 (5.40)

23.4 (20.7)

63.7 (126)

0.002

hs-CRP (mg/L)

3.28 (3.47)

3.10 (2.27)

7.21 (7.95)

0.151

  1. P-values were generated using ANOVA or alternatively Kruskal-Wallis tests for variables with a non-normal distribution. Sex was compared by the Fisher Exact test.