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 6 Correlation studies

		VFW	LW	HOMA-IR	TGs	HDL-C	LDL-C
ALT	r	0.419 (n=46)**	0.759 (n=46)**	0.687 (n=46)**	0.818 (n=46)**	-0.840 (n=46)**	0.790 (n=46)**
ALT	P	*<0.005*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*
Albumin	r	-0.054 (n=46)	-0.521 (n=46)**	-0.625 (n=46)**	-0.765 (n=46)**	0.655 (n=46)**	-0.655 (n=46)**
Albumin	P	NS	*<0.001*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*
MDA	r	0.311* (n=46)	0.744 (n=46)**	0.690 (n=46)**	0.853 (n=46)**	-0.893 (n=46)**	0.809 (n=46)**
MDA	P	*<0.05*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*	*<0.001*

ALT , serum alanine transferase; MDA, malondialdehyde content of liver tissue; VFW, Visceral Fat Weight; LW, liver weight;HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; TGs, triglycerides; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
r: Correlation coefficient
In the parenthesis is the number of observations
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)