Brief Article
Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Hepatol. Nov 27, 2013; 5(11): 627-634
Published online Nov 27, 2013. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v5.i11.627
Table 3 Serum hormone and cytokine results of the non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and the control group
ParameterNASH groupmean ± SD (range)Control group  mean ± SD (range)P value
HOMA5.7 ± 5.25 (1.1-23.59)5.6 ± 10.1 (0.7-59.9)0.192
Cortisol (μg/dL)12.6 ± 5.8 (1.6-27)11.6 ± 5.8 (2.9-28)0.375
TSH (uIU/mL)1.7 ± 1.09 (0.2-5.3)1.36 ± 1 (0.01-4)0.104
FT4 (ng/dL)1.22 ± 0.19 (0.9-1.8)1.22 ± 0.22 (0.8-107)0.999
FSH (mIU/mL)21 ± 41 (1.6-299)19 ± 37 (0.3-177)0.729
LH (mIU/mL)10.4 ± 10.8 (1.2-44)11 ± 15 (0.1-64)0.974
E2 (pg/mL)39.1 ± 72 (3.8-435)41 ± 47 (2-199)0.404
DHEAS (ug/dL)190 ± 109 (25-501)146 ± 90 (33-366)0.071
iPTH (pg/mL)46.3 ± 20 (18-130)50 ± 16 (19-105)0.086
25-OH-vit-D3 (ug/L)17 ± 6 (5.1-39)13 ± 7 (3.8-36) < 0.0001
Testosterone (ng/mL)2.5 ± 1.9 (0.03-5.8)1.7 ± 1.9 (0.02-5.4)0.075
IGF-1 (ng/mL)141 ± 94 (30-527)144 ± 47 (67-292)0.099
TNF-α (pg/mL)11.6 ± 6.7 (4-31.7)14 ± 7 (2-4.9)0.062
IL-6 (pg/mL)2.2 ± 0.6 (2-4.9)3 ± 2.4 (2-12)0.8
IL-1 (pg/mL)8.2 ± 16.5 (5-107)5.3 ± 2 (5-17)0.291
IGFBP-3 (ug/mL)4.1 ± 1.68 (1.1-8.6)4.2 ± 0.8 (2.6-6.02)0.909