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Table 2 Demographic and anthropometric data, and lifestyle and candidate gene factors among 234 NAFLD cases and 349 controls

From: A case–control study on the effect of metabolic gene polymorphisms, nutrition, and their interaction on the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

 

Controls

Cases

p value

Demographics and lifestyle

 Age

62.06 ± 13.98

44.94 ± 14.11

<0.001

 Sex

  Male

220 (61 %)

196 (67 %)

0.15

  Female

139 (39 %)

98 (33 %)

 

 BMI (kg/m2)

26.91 ± 5.91

28.89 ± 5.25

0.008

 Smoker

  Never

194 (54 %)

165 (56 %)

0.66

  Ever

159 (44 %)

126 (43 %)

 

 Alcohol consumption

  Never drinkers

170 (47 %)

160 (54 %)

0.07

  Males: <30 g/females: <20 g

182 (51 %)

129 (44 %)

 

 Fruit intake

  0–2 per day

208 (58 %)

120 (41 %)

<0.001

  >2 per day

135 (38 %)

161 (55 %)

 

 Grilled meat or fish intake

  0–1 per week

142 (40 %)

88 (30 %)

<0.001

  >1 per week

165 (46 %)

192 (65 %)

 

Candidate genes

 GSTM1

  Present

172 (48 %)

147 (50 %)

0.54

  Null

187 (52 %)

145 (49 %)

 

 GSTT1

  Present

276 (77 %)

217 (74 %)

0.45

  Null

83 (23 %)

75 (26 %)

 

 CYP1A1

  CYP1A1*1/*1

278 (77 %)

231 (79 %)

0.67

  CYP1A1*2A carriers

81 (23 %)

62 (21 %)

 

 CYP2E1PstI

  CYP2E1*1A/1A

331 (92 %)

277 (94 %)

0.17

  CYP2E1*5B carriers

28 (8 %)

15 (5 %)

 

 CYP2E1DraI

  CYP2E1*1A/1A

323 (90 %)

271 (92 %)

0.52

  CYP2E1*6 carriers

29 (8 %)

20 (7 %)

 

 SULT1A1

  SULT1A1*1/*1

224 (62 %)

155 (53 %)

0.02

  SULT1A1*2 carriers

134 (37 %)

136 (46 %)