Research Article
Verification of the Nutritional and Dietary Factors Associated with Skeletal Muscle Index in Japanese Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the enrolled patients.
| | Parameter | Male (n = 24) | Female (n = 22) | value |
| | Age (years) | 50.4 ± 14.0 | 56.3 ± 9.4 | 0.1037 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 26.2 ± 3.0 | 26.0 ± 3.7 | 0.7585 | | SMI (kg/m2) | 7.80 ± 0.72 | 6.44 ± 0.82 | | | Hand grip strength (kg) | 37.7 ± 6.5 | 23.2 ± 3.8 | | | BMD (g/cm2) | 1.26 ± 0.31 | 1.03 ± 0.17 | 0.1184 | | ALT (IU/L) | 46.0 ± 31.0 | 31.9 ± 21.6 | 0.0765 | | FIB-4 index | 1.10 ± 0.50 | 1.40 ± 0.77 | 0.2060 | | LDL-C (mg/dl) | 123.9 ± 26.9 | 138.2 ± 37.9 | 0.1263 | | TG (mg/dl) | 142.1 ± 84.8 | 148.2 ± 81.0 | 0.6521 | | HbA1c (%) | 5.73 ± 0.42 | 5.88 ± 0.53 | 0.6139 | | HOMA-IR | 2.04 ± 1.04 (n = 10) | 2.89 ± 1.70 (n = 9) | 0.2701 | | BTR | 7.48 ± 1.34 (n = 23) | 6.66 ± 1.12 | 0.0495 | | 25-OH-vitamin D3 (ng/ml) | 18.4 ± 6.1 (n = 23) | 16.1 ± 4.1 | 0.3622 | | Zinc (μg/dl) | 76.7 ± 12.9 (n = 23) | 72.8 ± 11.3 | 0.3754 | | Free testosterone (pg/ml) | 9.3 ± 3.2 | ND | ND | | Concurrent T2DM | 5 (17%) | 6 (27%) | 0.4336 | | Concurrent dyslipidemia | 10 (42%) | 13 (59%) | 0.1881 | | Concurrent hypertension | 4 (17%) | 3 (14%) | 0.551 |
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ND, not determined.
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