Clinical and serological characteristics of the biopsy-proven NAFLD patients.

Data are presented as the mean ± SD.Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase; IRI, immunoreactive insulin; Fuc-Hpt, fucosylated haptoglobin.*P values correspond to the comparison between nonNASH and NASH group. Wilcoxon test for continuous factors and Pearson's Chi-square test for categorical factors were used.