Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features of First Nations and Non-First Nations patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
| First Nations | Non-First Nations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N = 33 | N = 449 | p | ||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Demographics | |||||
| Age at presentation (yrs)∗ | 46.6 ± 12.4 | 46.9 ± 13.1 | 0.90 | ||
| Female | 22 | 66.7 | 233 | 51.9 | 0.10 |
| F/M ratio | 2 | 1.1 | |||
| Urban | 8 | 24.2 | 228 | 50.8 | 0.003 |
| Comorbidities | |||||
| Obesity | 19 | 57.6 | 213 | 47.4 | 0.26 |
| Overweight | 6 | 18.2 | 53 | 11.8 | 0.28 |
| Type 2 DM | 14 | 42.4 | 69 | 15.4 | 0.0001 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 8 | 24.2 | 124 | 27.6 | 0.67 |
| Hypertension | 3 | 9.1 | 58 | 12.9 | 0.52 |
| Physical findings | |||||
| Weight (kg)∗ | 97 ± 29 | 93 ± 19 | 0.47 | ||
| BMI∗ | 31 ± 5.4 | 29 ± 6.6 | 0.10 | ||
| Hepatomegaly | 10 | 30.3 | 52 | 11.6 | 0.002 |
| Splenomegaly | 1 | 3.0 | 25 | 5.6 | 0.53 |
| Ascites | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.44 |
| Varices | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.47 |
| Encephalopathy | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.54 |
| Cirrhosis | 1 | 3.0 | 19 | 4.2 | 0.97 |
| Decompensated cirrhosis | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.1 | 0.30 |
∗Results represent mean ± SD.
yrs: years; F/M: female/male; type 2 DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus.