Research Article

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-Associated Liver Fibrosis Is Linked with the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease Mediated by Systemic Inflammation

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of NAFLD patients with and without CAD.

VariablesNon-CAD ()CAD () value

Clinical characteristics
 Age (year)<0.001
 Male, (%)96 (33.7)141 (57.3)<0.001
 Smoking, (%)50 (17.5)91 (37.0)<0.001
 Hypertension, (%)147 (51.6)163 (66.3)0.001
 DM, (%)70 (24.6)90 (36.6)0.003
Laboratory data
 Neutrophil (109/L)<0.001
 Lymphocyte (109/L)0.37
 Monocyte (109/L)<0.001
 NLR<0.001
 Platelet (109/L)0.88
 AST (U/L)23 (18, 29)24 (19.0, 40.1)0.006
 ALT (U/L)24 (17.0, 37.5)26 (18.0, 39.2)0.201
 GGT (U/L)32 (22.4, 50.0)33 (25.4, 51.2)0.225
 Total protein (g/L)0.02
 Albumin (g/L)<0.001
 TBIL (μmol/L)0.98
 DBIL (μmol/L)0.75
 GLU<0.001
 HbA1c (%)<0.001
 Creatinine (μmol/L)<0.001
 Uric acid (μmol/L)0.05
 Cys C (mg/L)0.02
 Cholesterol (mmol/L)0.99
 Triglyceride (mmol/L)0.09
 HDL (mmol/L)<0.001
 LDL (mmol/L)0.65
Fibrosis markers
 FIB-41.23 (0.96, 1.63)1.43 (1.10, 2.09)<0.001
 APRI0.30 (0.23, 0.40)0.34 (0.23, 0.53)0.004

Values are expressed as , no. (%), or median (interquartile range). CAD: coronary artery disease; DM: diabetes mellitus; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; GGT: γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; Cys C: Cystatin C; TBIL: total bilirubin; DBIL: direct bilirubin; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein.