Viral and host causes of fatty liver in chronic hepatitis B

Table 1 Comparison of groups according to demographic features.

	Steatosis (–) n = 100	Steatosis (+) n = 64	P
Age (yr)	33.23±11.70	37.90±10.09	0.006a
BMI	25.25±3.93	27.75±3.70	0.000a
Sex (female, %)	40 (78)	11 (22)	0.008a
(male, %)	60 (53.1)	53 (46.9)

^aP<0.05 difference is statistically significant.

Table 2 Comparison of groups according to biochemical features.

	Steatosis (–) n = 100	Steatosis (+) n = 64	P
AST	76.50±56.14	70.04±54.61	0.469
ALT	131.62±109.39	113.45±68.19	0.686
GGT	39.67±38.27	44.29±35.33	0.139
ALP	175.08±75.53	173.39±65.68	0.834
Cholesterol	162.20±38.58	184.89±34.54	0.000a
Triglyceride	102.50±44.66	133.67±65.96	0.004a

^aP<0.05 difference is statistically significant.

Table 3 Comparison of groups according to virological and histopathological features.

	Steatosis (-) n = 100, %	Steatosis (+) n = 64, %	P
HBeAg (–)	58 (58.6)	46 (73)	0.059
(+)	42 (41.4)	17 (27)
HBV DNA (–)
(+)	9 (12.2)	12 (25)	0.067
	65 (87.8)	36 (75)
Viral load (pg/mL)	1628.24±2944.29	781.55±1292.36	0.063
Stage 0	30 (30)	24 (37.5)
1	50 (50)	29 (45.3)	0.754
2	7 (7)	3 (4.7)
3	13 (13)	8 (12.5)
HAI 0–3	16 (16)	7 (10.9)
4–8	48 (48)	34 (53.1)	0.772
9–12	23 (23)	16 (25)
13–17	13 (13)	7 (10.9)