Table 2.

Number of deaths and age-standardized mortality rate per 10,000^* all-cause mortality and cause specific mortality; NHANES III

	Suspected NAFLD Group		Reference Group		Hazards Ratio(95%CI)**
	# of Deaths	Age-standardized Rate per10,000 (95%CI)*	# of Deaths	Age-standardized Rate per10,000 (95%CI)*
All-cause Mortality	95	1340 (1005–1719)	1154	1120 (1030–1214)	1.37 (0.98 –1.91)
Cardiovascular Disease	26	372 (206–580)	417	387 (341–436)	1.17 (0.69 – 1.98)
Malignant Neoplasm	27	346 (198–528)	308	324 (276–377)	1.14 (0.71 – 1.82)
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	7	129 (33–269)	58	76 (53–103)	1.20 (0.39 – 3.67)
Liver Disease	5	39 (2–104)	17	11 (5–20)	4.15 (0.55 – 31.11)
Diabetes Mellitus	5	112 (23–245)	40	26 (15–40)	3.31 (0.98 – 11.22)
Accidents	3	14 (2–32)	27	23 (12–36)	0.79 (0.19 – 3.22)
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	58 (8–137)	33	29 (17–42)	1.33 (0.34 – 5.24)
Alzheimer’s Disease	0		19	20 (10–32)
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis	1	5 (0–14)	12	9 (4–15)	1.44 (0.20 – 10.49)
Septicemia	2	5 (0–12)	17	16 (7–27)	0.79 (0.18 – 3.41)

^*directly standardized to the 2000 U.S. population, ages 35–84 years

^**from proportional hazards model adjusting for age.