Are Dietary Cholesterol Intake and Serum Cholesterol Levels Related to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Children?

Table 3

Parameters associating with NAFLD by Spearman’s correlation coefficient.

Parameters	r	P value
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.521	0.001
WC (cm)	0.296	0.001
HOMA-IR	0.175	0.501
TC (mg/dL)	0.533	0.001
HDL (mg/dL)	−0.281	0.031
LDL (mg/dL)	0.419	0.021
SFA (g)	0.081	0.092
CHOL (mg)	0.312	0.009
Sugar (g)	0.109	0.290

Statistical significant difference (P < 0.05). Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, HDL: high density lipoprotein, HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, TC: total cholesterol, SFA: saturated fatty acids, CHOL: dietary cholesterol.