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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Association between the Triglyceride–Glucose Index and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Characteristics

Total (N = 632)

NAFLD (N = 176)

Normal (N = 456)

P

Age, year

64.81 (9.81)

62.48 (10.51)

65.71 (9.39)

< 0.01

Female, n (%)

269 (42.56)

69 (39.20)

200 (43.86)

0.29

BMI, kg/m2

24.26 (3.38)

25.64 (3.69)

23.73 (3.09)

< 0.01

Smoke, n (%)

134 (21.20)

34 (19.32)

100 (21.32)

0.47

Persistent AF, n (%)

275 (43.51)

76 (43.18)

199 (43.64)

0.92

SBP, mmHg

128 (19)

130 (19)

126 (19)

0.02

DBP, mmHg

73 (14)

77 (14)

76 (14)

0.81

Duration of AF, months

34.31 (48.57)

37.87 (56.42)

32.94 (45.18)

0.72

Laboratory results

 AST, mmol/L

23.52 (19.29–28.71)

24.93 (20.10–30.38)

23.19 (18.93–28.06)

0.04

 ALT, mmol/L

20.04 (13.80–28.76)

23.30 (17.01–33.76)

18.73 (13.06–26.53)

< 0.01

 TC, mmol/L

4.24 (1.06)

4.59 (1.18)

4.10 (0.98)

< 0.01

 TG, mmol/L

1.23 (0.90–1.71)

1.62 (1.11–2.38)

1.14 (0.86–1.53)

< 0.01

 HDL-C, mmol/L

1.16 (0.31)

1.08 (0.30)

1.19 (0.32)

< 0.01

 LDL-C, mmol/L

2.49 (0.83)

2.78 (0.95)

2.38 (0.76)

< 0.01

 Glucose, mmol/L

5.13 (4.62–5.88)

5.62 (4.88–6.89)

5.02 (4.55–5.61)

< 0.01

 HbA1C

5.80 (5.50–6.10)

5.90 (5.50–6.45)

5.70 (5.40–6.00)

< 0.01

 eGFR, mL/min/1.73m2

83.02 (21.65)

85.75 (21.90)

81.95 (21.48)

0.05

 UA, mmol/L

377.33 (103.78)

394.59 (104.08)

370.62 (103.00)

< 0.01

 HSI

31.51 (4.89)

33.80 (5.61)

30.62 (4.26)

< 0.01

 TyG index

8.61 (0.62)

9.00 (0.69)

8.46 (0.53)

< 0.01

Chronic disease, n (%)

 Hypertension

359 (56.80)

107 (60.80)

252 (55.26)

0.21

 Diabetes

133 (21.04)

63 (35.80)

70 (15.35)

< 0.01

 Dyslipidemia

267 (42.25)

108 (61.36)

159 (34.78)

< 0.01

  1. The continuous variables are expressed as the mean (SD) for the normally distributed data or the median with an interquartile range for the nonnormally distributed data. The categorical variables are expressed as numbers (percentages)
  2. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, HbA1C glycated hemoglobin, UA uric acid, TyG triglyceride–glucose, HSI hepatic steatosis index