Reversion to regular diet with alternate day fasting can cure grade-I non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in high-fructose-intake-associated metabolic syndrome

Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 1 The initial and 8^th week anthropometric and lipid parameters in control and metabolic syndrome groups

	BW (gm)		BMI (gm/cm²)		WC (cm)		TGs (mg/dl)		HDL-C (mg/dl)
	Initial	8^th week	Initial	8^th week	Initial	8^th week	Initial	8^th week	Initial	8^th week
(C)	140.83 ±2.18 (12)	188.33* ±6.63 (12)	0.42 ±0.00 (12)	0.48* ±0.01 (12)	11.00 ±0.16 (12)	11.79* ±0.18 (12)	100.09 ±3.27 (11)	120.82* ±3.89 (11)	61.09 ±1.70 (11)	37.70* ±1.97 (10)
(M)	142.44 ±1.84 (54)	179.93* ±3.05 (54)	0.43 ±0.00 (54)	0.49* ±0.01 (54)	10.63 ±0.09 (54)	12.25^a ±0.09* (54)	93.78 ±1.72 (51)	119.33* ±2.77 (51)	58.14 ±1.09 (51)	30.84^a ±1.32* (51)

M, metabolic syndrome group; C, control group; BW, body weight; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; TGs, triglycerides; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol
In the parenthesis is the number of observations
Data are expressed as mean ± SEM
*: Significance from initial value, by Student's “t” test for paired data, at P ≤0.05
a: Significance from control group, by Student's “t” test for un-paired data, at P ≤0.05