Association between Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Relative Grip Strength with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

19 June 2020 : Clinical Research

Li Hao^1ABCDE, Zhengzhen Wang^1ACDEG*, Yan Wang^1B, Juan Wang^2CD, Zhipeng Zeng^3F

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923015

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923015

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Table 2 Effects of VO2max and RGS on male study population.

Variables	χ̄±s/M (Q1, Q3)		P	VO2max		RGS
Variables	Non-NAFLD	NAFLD	P	Non-NAFLD	NAFLD	Non-NAFLD	NAFLD
Body fat percentage, %	20.29±5.97	25.73±4.65	<0.001^**	−0.27^**	−0.12	−0.52^**	−0.54^**
BMI, kg/m	23.96±3.30	27.12±3.15	<0.001^**	−1.8^**	−0.03	−0.54^**	−0.48^**
WHR	0.92±0.04	0.96±0.03	<0.001^**	−0.21^**	−0.05	−0.48^**	−0.47^**
SBP mmHg	116.28±12.81	118.77±12.77	0.009^**	−0.03	0.08	−0.04	−0.07
DBP, mmHg	73.93±10.77	76.66±11.37	0.001^**	−0.08^**	0.05	−0.07^**	−0.09
TC, mg/dL	5.20 (4.55, 5.81)	5.41 (4.69, 6.24)	0.014^*	−0.08	−0.03	−0.06	−0.10
TG, mg/dL	1.35 (0.94, 1.92)	2.13 (1.49, 3.20)	<0.001^**	−0.22^**	0.03	−0.25^**	−0.15^*
LDL-C, mg/dL	3.24±0.90	3.20±0.93	0.571	−0.03	−0.03	−0.07^**	−0.03
HDL-C, mg/dL	1.34 (1.16, 1.54)	1.20 (1.06, 1.39)	<0.001^**	0.13^**	−0.03	0.24^**	0.11
FBG, mg/dL	5.06 (4.74, 5.47)	5.44 (5.05, 6.04)	<0.001^**	0.04	−0.01	0.13^**	0.04
VOmax, mL/kg·min	31.90±5.17	31.19±4.51	0.06	–	–	–	–
RGS	1.62±0.35	1.43±0.30	<0.001^**	–	–	–	–
^* ^** NAFLD – non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; VOmax – maximal oxygen uptake; RGS – relative grip strength; BMI – body mass index; WHR – waist-to-hip ratio; SBP – systolic blood pressure; DBP – diastolic blood pressure; TC – total cholesterol; TG – triglyceride; HDL-C – high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C – low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FBG – fasting blood-glucose.

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