Low Bone Mineral Density in Chinese Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics at baseline.

	Males			Females
	Control	NAFLD	𝑃	Control	NAFLD	𝑃
No	53	46	—	52	73	—
Age (yrs)	58.94±6.66	60.63±3.68	0.130	58.75±4.95	59.89±6.52	0.291
Height (cm)	169.23±6.40	169.70±4.88	0.686	159.56±5.44	157.81±4.60	0.054
Weight (kg)	68.42±11.94	76.32±10.13	0.001*	61.16±9.54	67.13±15.85	0.017*
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.81±3.42	26.49±3.16	<0.001*	23.98±3.15	26.88±5.61	0.001*
Waist (cm)	89.75±10.18	96.10±8.52	0.001*	88.68±10.42	94.57±11.14	0.003*
TC (mmol/L)	4.35±1.07	4.97±1.35	0.012*	5.20±1.60	5.21±1.19	0.985
TG (mmol/L)	1.12±0.84	1.94±1.64	0.002*	1.44±1.19	2.27±4.91	0.232
HDL (mmol/L)	1.21±0.40	1.04±0.26	0.012*	1.38±0.40	1.25±0.31	0.039*
LDL (mmol/L)	2.47±0.78	2.91±0.91	0.011*	3.03±1.26	3.09±0.92	0.728
FPG (mmol/L)	8.56±3.74	8.85±3.51	0.700	8.39±3.78	8.67±2.93	0.647
FINS (IU/L)	22.26±27.63	16.74±14.47	0.226	22.29±41.65	23.25±24.55	0.872
ALT (IU/L)	24.85±24.69	30.87±20.99	0.198	18.79±12.29	27.49±18.82	0.004*
AKP (IU/L)	73.02±26.61	72.96±24.61	0.990	85.06±54.57	82.38±30.08	0.726
AST (IU/L)	21.72±11.78	23.30±13.00	0.525	19.85±11.69	24.12±12.67	0.057
Scr (𝜇mol/L)	91.51±37.10	85.239±22.79	0.322	67.62±29.88	66.95±20.29	0.882

Data are presented as mean ± SD; NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; BMI: body mass index; Waist: waist circumference; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; FINS: fasting insulin level; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AKP: alkaline phosphatase; AST: aspartate amino-transferase; Scr: serum creatinine. ^∗𝑃<0.05.