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Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Feb 19;17(6):1240–1246. doi: 10.1038/oby.2009.4

Table 3.

Correlates of NAFLD as measured by liver-spleen density ratio in multivariate models by ethnic group, IRAS Family Study, excluding persons with diabetes

	Basic Model				Full Model
	Hispanic^** N=620 R²=0.27		African American N=266 R²=0.11		Hispanic^** N=576 R²=0.33		African American N=259 R²=0.14
	B	P-value	B	p-value	B	P-value	B	p-value
Age	0.004	<0.0001	0.0012	0.08	0.004	<0.0001	0.0008	0.30
Sex (female, ref)	−0.03	0.10	−0.02	0.24	−0.02	0.26	0.0003	0.99
Insulin Sensitivity Index^*	0.11	<0.0001	0.07	0.005	0.08	<0.0001	0.046	0.09
VAT (cm²)	−0.0015	<.0001	−0.0007	0.02	−0.0009	0.004	−0.0006	0.06
BMI (kg/m²)	−0.004	0.10	0.0	0.59	−0.003	0.26	0.001	0.65
Fasting glucose (mg/dl)					−0.003	0.05	0.001	0.55
Adiponectin (mg/ml)					0.0002	0.91	0.005	0.04
TG (mg/dl)^*					−0.10	<.0001	−0.03	0.13
PAI-1 (ng/ml)^*					−0.04	0.01	−0.005	0.74

log transformed

^**

Hispanic models were additionally adjusted for study center; non-significant in both models.