Clinical and laboratory characteristics of obese patients subdivided by PNPLA3 I148M genotype.

<p>Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations. GLM analysis including gender, age and pubertal stage as covariates has been used to compare continuous variables. Abbreviations: BMI-SDS: Body Mass Index Standard Deviation Scores; W/Hr: Waist circumference to height ratio; HOMA: homeostatic model of assessment of insulin resistance index; WBISI: whole body insulin sensitivity index; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate transaminase; Gamma-GT: Gamma-Glutamyl transferase.</p><p>*WBISI was available in 497 patients.