Table 2

Characteristics of the patients, according to the presence of steatosis.

Characteristic
Steatosis Training Group
Steatosis Validation Group 1 – HCV before treatment


< 5%, n = 170
≥ 5%, n = 140
P value
No, n = 126
Yes, n = 45
P value

Demographics






Age at biopsy, years
46.7 (12.4)
51.8 (12.1)
0.0004
43.7 (7.3)
45.2 (7.0)
0.28
Male gender
110 (55%)
91 (45%)
0.96
81 (64%)
30 (67%)
0.77
BMI
24 (4)
27 (6)
< 0.0001
27 (5)
31 (4)
< 0.0001
Biochemical markers






α2-macroglobulin, g/L
2.47 (1.00)
2.30 (1.04)
0.07
3.10 (1.23)
3.20 (1.24)
0.50
ALT, IU/L
104 (119)
115 (108)
0.02
46 (45)
61 (48)
0.003
AST, IU/L
83 (204)
83 (78)
0.01
80 (61)
88 (43)
0.01
Apolipoprotein A1, g/L
1.46 (0.34)
1.42 (0.33)
0.30
1.27 (0.26)
1.20 (0.24)
0.18
Haptoglobin, g/L
0.93 (0.60)
0.96 (0.52)
0.19
0.77 (0.45)
0.78 (0.44)
0.84
GGT, IU/L
83 (132)
147 (226)
< 0.0001
72 (85)
118 (116)
0.0007
Total bilirubin, μmol/L
14.8 (31.4)
14.7 (17.8)
0.47
11.0 (5.0)
11.3 (4.1)
0.38
Glucose mmol/L
5.1 (3.7)
5.9 (2.2)
< 0.0001
5.2 (0.9)
6.0 (1.8)
0.0007
Triglycerides, mmol/L
1.24 (0.95)
1.88 (1.78)
< 0.0001
1.26 (0.72)
1.72 (1.0)
0.0008
Total cholesterol, mmol/L
4.8 (1.2)
5.1 (1.4)
0.10
4.5 (1.0)
4.4 (1.0)
0.10
FibroTest
0.40 (0.29)
0.45 (0.28)
0.47
0.45 (0.26)
0.53 (0.24)
0.07
SteatoTest
0.38 (0.21)
0.62 (0.22)
< 0.0001
0.47 (0.21)
0.70 (0.16)
< 0.0001

Characteristic
Steatosis Validation Group 2 – HCV sustained responders
Steatosis Validation Group 3 – Alcoholic liver disease


No n = 179
Yes n = 22
P value
< 5%, n = 4
≥ 5%, n = 58
P value

Demographics






Age at biopsy, years
43.7 (8.1)
43.1 (7.0)
0.7
38.0 (12.8)
47 (9.4)
0.16
Male gender
110 (62%)
12 (55%)
0.53
2 (50%)
45 (78%)
0.21
BMI
26 (4)
31 (6)
<0.0001
22.9 (2.9)
24.3 (4.2)
0.49
Biochemical markers






α2-macroglobulin, g/L
2.08 (0.79)
1.73 (0.66)
0.06
2.12 (0.53)
1.81 (0.55)
0.26
ALT, IU/L
18 (9)
26 (9)
<0.0001
35 (24)
74 (90)
0.10
AST, IU/L
23 (9)
25 (7)
0.06
74 (43)
58 (90)
1.00
Apolipoprotein A1, g/L
1.16 (0.28)
1.07 (0.25)
0.2
1.67 (0.43)
1.48 (0.49)
0.49
Haptoglobin, g/L
0.85 (0.41)
0.94 (0.56)
0.85
1.55 (0.92)
1.38 (0.62)
0.85
GGT, IU/L
20 (18)
28 (14)
0.0002
327 (184)
323 (323)
0.41
Total bilirubin, μmol/L
8.9 (4.6)
8.1 (4.3)
0.3
28.5 (23.4)
21.1 (19.5)
0.28
Glucose, mmol/L
5.3 (1.0)
5.5 (0.8)
0.16
6.5 (2.2)
5.7 (1.6)
0.46
Triglycerides, mmol/L
1.49 (0.98)
2.05 (1.22)
0.003
1.05 (0.51)
1.96 (3.15)
0.28
Total cholesterol, mmol/L
5.0 (1.0)
5.1 (0.9)
0.51
6.0 (1.38)
5.4 (2.0)
0.68
FibroTest
0.29 (0.20)
0.26 (0.19)
0.46
0.43 (0.32)
0.43 (0.28)
0.79
SteatoTest
0.32 (0.20)
0.62 (0.17)
<0.0001
0.44 (0.03)
0.59 (0.26)
0.21

Data are mean (SD) or proportion.

Poynard et al. Comparative Hepatology 2005 4:10   doi:10.1186/1476-5926-4-10