The Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil on Alanine Aminotransferase, Aspartate Aminotransferase, and Ultrasonographic Indices of Hepatic Steatosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Patients Undergoing Low Calorie Diet

Table 4

Aminotransferase and severity of steatosis at the start and the end of study.

Variables	Groups	Before	After
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
ALT (IU/dl)	Olive oil	48 ± 12.9	35.71 ± 11.33	<0.001
	Control	50.82 ± 10.37	46.18 ± 10.26	0.004
		0.43	0.003
AST (IU/dl)	Olive oil	34.53 ± 5.3	26.1 ± 5.4	<0.001
	Control	34.68 ± 8.9	32.28 ± 2.2	0.25
		0.94	0.002
				valu
Steatosis (%)
Slight	Olive oil	10 (47.61%)	15 (71.42%)	0.008
Moderate		11 (52.38%)	6 (28.57%)
Severe		0	0
Slight	Control	7 (31.81%)	10 (45.46%)	0.17
Moderate		15 (68.18%)	12 (54.54%)
Severe		0	0
		0.23	0.13

value reported based on Paired Sample -test. value reported based on Independent Sample -test. value reported based on McNemar. value reported based on Chi-Square. : significant.