The Relationship between NAFLD and Sarcopenia in Elderly Patients

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study population.

	Sarcopenia	Nonsarcopenia
Number	158	336
Male/female	87/71	129/207
Hyperuricemia (%)	18.99%	20.24%
Diabetes (%)	74.05%	80.4%
Hypertension (%)	56.32%	56.55%
ALT (U/L)	22.85 ± 21.42	22.08 ± 16.77
AST (U/L)	23.14 ± 14.71	22.16 ± 15.44
HbA1c	7.79 ± 2.33	8.2 ± 2.36
TC (mmol/L)	4.38 ± 2.80	4.32 ± 1.53
TG (mmol/L)	1.50 ± 1.83	1.71 ± 1.65
HDL (mmol/L)	1.26 ± 0.39	1.21 ± 0.38
LDL (mmol/L)	2.47 ± 0.90	2.58 ± 0.97
NAFLD (%)	22.15%	37.20%
Excess hs-CRP (%)	48.10%	30.95%
Age (years)	73.75 ± 8.52	70.12 ± 6.95
BMI (kg/m^2)	22.13 ± 2.97	25.02 ± 3.34

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