Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 4 Comparison between overweight and obese regarding diabetic status and HTN

From: Correlation between adiponectin level and the degree of fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

		Overweight	Obese	Test value	P-value	Sig
		No. = 28	No. = 22	Test value	P-value	Sig
BMI (kg/m²)	Mean ± SD	27.95 ± 1.01	32.01 ± 1.85	− 9.920^b	0.000	HS
BMI (kg/m²)	Range	26–30	30.1–38.4	− 9.920^b	0.000	HS
Diabetes	Non-diabetic	16 (57.1%)	5 (22.7%)	5.990^a	0.014	S
Diabetes	Diabetic	12 (42.9%)	17 (77.3%)	5.990^a	0.014	S
Hypertension (HTN)	No	20 (71.4%)	12 (54.5%)	1.524^a	0.217	NS
Hypertension (HTN)	Yes	8 (28.6%)	10 (45.5%)	1.524^a	0.217	NS

P-value > 0.05, non-significant; P-value < 0.05, significant; P-value < 0.01, highly significant
^aChi-square test
^bIndependent t-test

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