SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
The relationship between adiponectin and insulin sensitivity in obese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Dina Morsy A. Mohamed and Raghda M. Ghorab Supplementary Table 1. Demographic, clinical and abdominal ultrasonography data in NAFLD vs. NASH patients NAFLD (30)
NASH (30)
Mann-Whitney's U test
Median (IQR)
Median (IQR)
P value
40 (34 – 48)
38.5 (34 – 45)
= 0.8357
31.7 (30.5 – 33.7)
33.2 (32 – 36.2)
= 0.0087**
NAFLD control group (30)
NASH group (30)
Chi square test
Female
13 (43.3%)
9 (30%)
Male
17 (56.7%)
21 (70%)
Variable Age (years) BMI Variable Gender
P value = 0.2879
IQR: Inter-quartile range, ** highly significant Supplementary Table 2. Multiple regression model for the factors affecting adiponectin level using Forward method Predictor Factor
Β
T
P
(Constant)
19.2005
-
-
ALT
-0.05572
-2.262
0.027*
Direct bilirubin
-14.9202
-2.674
0.009**
Other factors excluded from the model as (p value > 0.1) B: Regression coefficient, T: relative difference, ** highly significant Supplementary Table 3. Multiple regression model for the factors affecting insulin level using Forward method Predictor Factor
Β
T
P
(Constant)
-29.8049
-
-
ALT
0.04181
2.584
0.012*
Albumin
7.6334
2.649
0.01*
Other factors excluded from the model as (p value > 0.1) B: Regression coefficient, T: relative difference. Supplementary Table 4. Multiple regression model for the factors affecting HOMA-IR using Forward method Predictor Factor
Β
T
P
(Constant)
12.7384
-
-
Hemoglobin
-0.4516
-4.065
0.0002**
PLT
-0.01279
-4.390
0.0001**
FBS
-0.02333
-3.206
0.0022**
ALT
0.01730
3.487
0.001**
Other factors excluded from the model as (p value > 0.1) B: Regression coefficient, T: relative difference. ** highly significant Copyright: © 2024 The author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.