Iannelo et al. (A-38) investigated differences between triglyceride levels in healthy obese (control)

subjects and obese subjects with chronic active B or C hepatitis. Triglyceride levels of 208 obese controls had a mean value of 1.81 with a standard error of the mean of .07 mmol/L. The 19 obese hepatitis subjects had a mean of .71 with a standard error of the mean of .05. Is this sufficient evidence for us to conclude that, in general, a difference exists in average triglyceride levels between obese healthy subjects and obese subjects with hepatitis B or C? Let a ¼ :01.