Cut-Off Values of Visceral Adiposity to Predict NAFLD in Brazilian Obese Adolescents

Table 1

Anthropometric and body composition characteristics of the studied population.

	Non-NAFLD						NAFLD
	Total (𝑛=104)		Male (𝑛=30)		Female (𝑛=74)		Total (𝑛=61)		Male (𝑛=19)		Female (𝑛=42)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (years)	16.38	1.52	16.16	1.28	16.47	1.61	17.21	1.83^a	16.67	1.44	17.46	1.95^b
Weight (kg)	92.05	9.79	96.75	8.08^c	90.14	9.82	97.05	9.04^a	103.31	4.20^b,c	94.21	9.24
Height (cm)	165.19	6.87	171.2	6.36^c	162.76	5.45	165.59	7.43	171.93	5.87^a	162.73	6.21
HAZ (Z score)	0.01	0.89	−0.13	0.95	0.08	0.86	−0.01	0.88	−0.18	0.89	0.07	0.87
BAZ (Z score)	2.76	0.44	2.78	0.42	2.76	0.45	2.95	0.44^a	3.04	0.46^b	2.90	0.43
BMI (kg/m^2)	33.74	3.12	33.04	2.62	34.02	3.28	35.44	3.27^a	35.07	3.00^b	35.61	3.40^b
Total fat (%)	42.84	6.39	36.98	6.53	45.22	4.57^c	45.57	5.97^a	41.61	6.69^b	47.37	4.68^b,c
Fat free mass (%)	57.16	6.42^a	63.04	6.59^c	54.78	4.57	54.10	6.20	57.34	7.89^b	52.63	4.68^b,c
Total fat (kg)	39.45	7.77	35.94	7.58	40.87	7.44^c	44.28	7.49^a	43.02	7.51^b	44.86	7.50^b
Fat free mass (kg)	52.54	7.54	60.94	6.86^c	49.13	4.54	52.77	7.47	60.28	6.99^c	49.38	4.72
Waist Circumference (cm)	96.34	7.47	98.49	5.45^c	95.45	8.02	100.96	7.73^a	105.63	6.23^b,c	99.04	7.52^b
Visceral fat (cm)	3.67	1.22	3.84	1.21	3.60	1.23	4.45	1.33^a	5.24	1.39^b,c	4.09	1.15^b,c
Subcutaneous fat (cm)	3.53	0.87	3.41	0.81	3.58	0.89	3.54	0.73	3.47	0.63	3.57	0.78
Visceral/Subcutaneous ratio	1.09	0.43	1.18	0.41	1.06	0.43	1.32	0.49^a	1.55	0.43^b,c	1.21	0.48^c

BMI: body mass index; HAZ: height-for-age Z score; BAZ: BMI-for-age.
Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Mean values were significantly different according to independent 𝑡-test (𝑃<0.05).
aComparison of the group with NAFLD versus group non-NAFLD.
bComparison of the group with NAFLD versus group non-NAFLD by genders.
cComparison of the genders at the same group.