Table 1.
Distribution of demographic factors and NAFLD/NASH.
| Factors | Liver Examination Status | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Normal | NAFLD 1 | NASH | ||
| Raw population 2 | N = 3739 | N = 1636 | N = 1367 | N = 736 | |
| Survey-weighted 3 | 100% | 46.8% | 32.7% | 20.5% | |
| Personal characteristics | |||||
| Age, years (mean ± se) | 48.0 ± 0.7 | 43.9 ± 0.9 | 53.6 ± 1.1 | 48.4 ± 0.9 | <0.001 |
| Gender | |||||
| male | 45.7% | 41.4% | 28.7% | 30.0% | <0.001 |
| female | 54.3% | 51.4% | 36.0% | 12.6% | |
| Race | |||||
| non-Hispanic White | 63.3% | 47.1% | 32.6% | 20.3% | 0.002 |
| non-Hispanic Black | 11.5% | 56.2% | 33.1% | 10.7% | |
| Mexican-American | 7.1% | 36.2% | 36.2% | 27.5% | |
| other Hispanic | 7.3% | 43.9% | 31.7% | 24.4% | |
| other Race | 10.8% | 43.7% | 30.8% | 25.5% | |
| PIR | |||||
| below poverty | 11.3% | 48.4% | 32.8% | 18.8% | 0.754 |
| 1–1.99 | 16.2% | 42.4% | 38.9% | 19.7% | |
| 2–2.99 | 15.6% | 46.3% | 31.1% | 22.7% | |
| 3–3.00 | 13.9% | 49.0% | 29.5% | 21.6% | |
| ≥4 | 43.1% | 47.6% | 32.3% | 20.1% | |
1 NAFLD was defined as simple steatosis without NASH. 2 Raw number of participants in this study without adjusting for sample survey design. 3 Results were obtained after adjusting for sample weights and complex study design. Abbreviations: PIR, Ratio of family income to poverty.