Relationship between Serum Cytokeratin-18, Control Attenuation Parameter, NAFLD Fibrosis Score, and Liver Steatosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Table 3

Relationship between laboratory data and liver steatosis grade as assessed by US. HDL: high-density lipoprotein; FBS: fasting blood sugar; M: mean; SEM: standard error of means; r_s, Spearman coefficient correlation; : significant.

	Non hepatic-steatosis; (M±SEM)	Hepatic Steatosis Grade			p value
		S1; (M±SEM)	S2; (M±SEM)	S3; (M±SEM)
HDL, mmol/L	1.29±0.05	1.31±0.07	1.16±0.04	1.13±0.06	0.181	-0.14
Triglyceride mmol/L	1.50±0.13	1.50±0.12	1.53±0.11	1.83±0.19	0.574	0.15
Total Cholestrol, mmol/L	4.88±0.16	4.95±0.23	4.78±0.21	5.01±0.30	0.920	-0.05
FBS, mmol/L	6.52±1.01	8.15±1.74	6.86±0.43	6.49±0.44	0.738	0.35
Albumin, gr/dL	40.68±0.58	40.8±0.45	41.1±0.49	40.3±0.82	0.875	0.01
Platelet, x10^9/L	251.4±10.46	245.8±11.8	272.9±8.92	259.4±10.82	0.325	0.11