Hepatic steatosis is associated with an increased risk of carotid atherosclerosis

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of persons with and without hepatic steatosis.

	Unit	No teatosis n = 2 961	Steatosis n = 1 261	P
Age	yr	47.1±16.7	57.2±13.3	<0.001
Gender (male)		1283 (43.3%)	787 (62.4%)	<0.001
Mean daily alcohol	mg/d	10.6±16.2	16.0±23.1	<0.001
consumption
Alcohol consumption
none		1060 (35.8%)	415 (32.9%)	<0.001
mild		1331 (45.0%)	477 (37.8%)
moderate		258 (8.7%)	129 (10.2%)
heavy		294 (9.9%)	234 (18.6%)
MCV	mm³	89.9±4.4	90.6±4.8	<0.001
CDT	%	4.8±1.6	4.9±1.8	0.23
GGT	mmol/L×s	0.4±0.4	1.0±2.2	<0.001
GOT	mmol/L×s	0.3±0.1	0.5±0.3	<0.001
GPT	mmol/L×s	0.4±0.2	0.7±0.4	<0.001

χ² test (nominal data) or ANOVA (interval data). MCV, mean corpuscular volume; CDT, carbohydrate-deficient transferrin; GGT, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; GOT, glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase; GPT, glutamic pyruvic transaminase.