Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Involvement of the Telomerase and Proinflammatory Mediators

Table 1

Clinical values for NASH patients and healthy volunteers.

Variables	NASH	Control	value
Gender (M/F)	30/9	28/9
Age (years)	38.6 ± 9.4	41.9 ± 10.9
AST (IU/L)	88.74 ± 17.189	23.79 ± 7.328	0.0001
ALT (IU/L)	115.75 ± 115.751	23.33 ± 23.333	0.0001
ALP (IU/L)	191.25 ± 44.22	159.00 ± 31.91	0.1343
CRP (mg/dL)	1.04 ± 0.999	0.28 ± 0.123	0.0001
t-cholesterol (mg/dL)	204.90 ± 35.544	191.38 ± 41.831	0.477
t-bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.67 ± 0.274	0.52 ± 0.227	0.215
Glucose (mg/dL)	99.12 ± 9.30	94.30 ± 8.55	0.193
Insulin (U/mL)	17.81 ± 11.454	9.68 ± 9.680	0.0129

Values expressed are means ± SD. AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; t-bilirubin: total bilirubin; CRP: C reactive protein.