TABLE 2.

Clinical characteristics of NAFLD and healthy subjects assessed for plasma biomarker measurements.

Characteristics	NAFLD (N = 67)	Healthy controls (N = 78)
Sex (male, female)	22, 45	47, 32
Age (years), mean ± SD	64.7 ± 8.3	53.7 ± 16.8
African American (n, %)	1 (1.5%)	8 (10.3)
European American (n, %)	56 (82.1%)	45 (57.7)
Native American (n, %)	6 (8.9)	1 (1.2)
Ethnicity: Latino (n, %)	27 (41.8)	10 (12.8)
Type 2 diabetes (n, %)	35 (52.2)	NA
Hypertension (n, %)	47 (70.1)	NA
Dyslipidemia	27 (40.3)	NA