Identification of individuals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by the diagnostic criteria for the metabolic syndrome

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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2012; 18(13): 1508-1516
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Table 1 The basic characteristics of the study population and the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with gender difference

Men	Total n (%)	Obese n (%)	Non-obese n (%)
Number	5811	1441	4370
NAFLD	1874 (32.2)	970 (67.3)	904 (20.7%)
5 criteria of the metabolic syndrome
Increased abdominal circumference	791 (13.6)	703 (48.8)	88 (2)
Elevated fasting glucose level	1967 (33.8)	704 (48.9)	1263 (28.9)
Elevated blood pressure	1294 (22.3)	575 (39.9)	719 (16.5)
Decreased HDL cholesterol level	1736 (29.9)	654 (45.4)	1082 (24.8)
Elevated triglyceride level	1063 (18.3)	484 (33.6)	579 (13.2)
ALT > 30	1269 (21.8)	670 (46.5)	599 (13.7)
MS defined by rNCEP-ATP III	873 (15)	578 (40.1)	295 (6.8)
MS defined by IDF	479 (8.2)	443 (30.7)	36 (0.8)
At least 1 criterion	3680 (63.3)	1291 (89.6)	2389 (54.7)
At least 2 criteria	1955 (33.6)	957 (66.4)	998 (22.8)
At least 1 criterion or ALT > 30 IU/L	3885 (66.9)	1337 (92.8)	2548 (58.3)
Women
Number	5903	563	5340
NAFLD	514 (8.7)	258 (45.8)	256 (4.8)
5 criteria of the metabolic syndrome
Increased abdominal circumference	878 (14.9)	430 (76.4)	448 (8.4)
Elevated fasting glucose level	679 (11.5)	176 (31.3)	503 (9.4)
Elevated blood pressure	578 (9.8)	185 (32.9)	393 (7.4)
Decreased HDL cholesterol level	1320 (22.4)	265 (47.1)	1055 (19.8)
Elevated triglyceride level	195 (3.3)	73 (13)	122 (2.3)
Elevated ALT (ALT > 30 IU/L)	200 (3.4)	78 (13.9)	122 (2.3)
MS defined by rNCEP-ATP III	300 (5.1)	174 (30.9)	126 (2.4)
MS defined by IDF	254 (4.3)	162 (28.8)	92 (1.7)
At least 1 criterion	2374 (40.2)	511 (90.8)	1863 (34.9)
At least 2 criteria	853 (14.5)	355 (63.1)	498 (9.3)
At least 1 criterion or elevated ALT	2430 (41.2)	515 (91.5)	1915 (35.9)

NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; US: Abdominal ultrasonography; BMI: Body mass index; HDL: High density lipoprotein; MS: Metabolic syndrome; rNCEP-ATPIII: Revised National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III definition; IDF: International diabetes federation definition; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.

Citation: Hamaguchi M, Takeda N, Kojima T, Ohbora A, Kato T, Sarui H, Fukui M, Nagata C, Takeda J. Identification of individuals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by the diagnostic criteria for the metabolic syndrome. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(13): 1508-1516
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