Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 6 Comparison between diabetic and non-diabetic patients regarding obesity and BMI

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

		Non-diabetic	Diabetic	Test value	P-value	Sig
		No. = 21	No. = 29	Test value	P-value	Sig
BMI (kg/m²)	Mean ± SD	28.6 ± 1.81	30.56 ± 2.6	− 2.976^b	0.005	HS
BMI (kg/m²)	Range	26.1–33.1	26–38.4	− 2.976^b	0.005	HS
Obesity	Overweight	16 (76.2%)	12 (41.4%)	5.990^a	0.014	S
Obesity	Obese	5 (23.8%)	17 (58.6%)	5.990^a	0.014	S

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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