Are Dietary Cholesterol Intake and Serum Cholesterol Levels Related to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Children?

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of subjects based on fatty liver.

	Absent (n = 47)	Moderate (Grade II) (n = 38)	P value
Sex (M/F)	25/22	20/18	0.451
Age (y)	11 ± 2.1	11.5 ± 1.1	0.369
BMI (kg/m^2)	25 ± 3.6	31 ± 2.9	0.001
WC (cm)	85.2 ± 11.2	97 ± 10.9	0.001
ALT (U/L)	22.7 ± 6.2	26 ± 4.1	0.942
AST (U/L)	21.1 ± 7.4	25.1 ± 3.2	0.212
TC (mg/dL)	168.7 ± 27.4	179 ± 19.8	0.006
HDL (mg/dL)	50.3 ± 13.1	40 ± 12.1	0.002
LDL (mg/dL)	103.7 ± 22.1	94 ± 9.6	0.043
TG (mg/dL)	110.2 ± 54.3	109.1 ± 60	0.294
CRP	2.2 ± 2.8	2.4 ± 2.6	0.591
HOMA-IR	4.3 ± 1.9	6.2 ± 2.1	0.001

Values are presented as means ± SD. Statistical significant difference (P < 0.05). Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, TC: total cholesterol, LDL: low density lipoprotein, HDL: high density lipoprotein, TG: triglycerides, CRP: C-reactive protein, HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.