Visceral fat and insulin resistance as predictors of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Table 2 Biochemical tests (means ± SD)

	NASH	Control	P-value
AST (IU/L)	70.9 (40.4)	19.9 (5.6)	< 0.001
ALT (IU/L)	116.1 (45.2)	35.2 (9.7)	< 0.001
AST/ALT	0.6 (0.2)	0.6 (0.2)
Glucose (mmol/L)	6.8 (2.8)	5.0 (0.4)	0.02
Insulin (pmol/L)	108.6 (55.0)	38.6 (20.7)	< 0.001
HOMA-IR	4.8 (3.7)	1.2 (0.7)	< 0.001
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.4 (0.9)	5.1 (0.5)
LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.4 (0.9)	3.6 (0.4)
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.2 (0.3)	1.2 (0.3)
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.7 (0.7)	0.8 (0.5)	< 0.001
Uric acid (μmol/L)	317.4 (83.8)	263.5 (53.9)	0.01

NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.