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Table 6 Characteristics of different fat tolerance groups

From: A correlation study of the relationships between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and serum triglyceride concentration after an oral fat tolerance test

  NFT n = 192 IFT n = 130 FHT n = 150
Age 40 ± 13 48 ± 13## 47 ± 11##
Sex(male/female) 66/126 63/67 91/59
BMI 24.18 ± 3.68 26.07 ± 3.60## 28.06 ± 3.85##**
WC 82.43 ± 10.96 88.24 ± 11.32## 94.71 ± 9.79##**
FBG 5.32 ± 0.56 5.72 ± 1.36# 6.00 ± 1.29##
FINS 9.56 ± 5.20 12.18 ± 6.95# 15.95 ± 9.91##*
HOMA-IR 2.29 ± 1.36 3.22 ± 2.51## 4.33 ± 2.96##*
TC 4.34 ± 0.88 4.74 ± 0.95## 5.19 ± 1.02##**
TG 0.88 ± 0.26 1.28 ± 0.25## 2.98 ± 1.62##**
HDL-C 1.34 ± 0.29 1.23 ± 0.26## 1.14 ± 0.24##*
LDL-C 2.66 ± 0.65 3.05 ± 0.69## 3.32 ± 0.70##**
NAFLD 24 (12.5%) 40 (30.7%) ## 91 (60.6%) ##**
  1. Data are mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range), or number (percentage)
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, FBG fasting blood glucose, FINS fasting plasma insulin concentration, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, NAFLD nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, NFT normal fat tolerance, IFT impaired fat tolerance, FHT fasting hypertriglyceridemia
  3. # P < 0.05, compared with the NFT group. ## P < 0.01, compared with the NFT group. * P < 0.05, compared with the IFT group. ** P < 0.01, compared with the IFT group