Table 3.
Distribution of Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis by Etiologies and Race/Ethnicity in the Multiethnic Cohort, 1999–2012
| CLD without cirrhosis | HBV n=98 |
HCV† n=190 |
ALD n=591 |
NAFLD n=2,344 |
Others n=191 |
Cryptogenic n=161 |
All Cases n=3,575 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 15 (2.3%) | 38 (5.9%) | 151 (23.6%) | 357 (55.8%) | 41 (6.4%) | 38 (5.9%) | 640 |
| African American | 11 (3.6%) | 39 (12.8%)** | 82 (27.0%) | 150 (49.3%)** | 8 (2.6%)** | 14 (4.6%) | 304 |
| Native Hawaiian | 2 (1.0%) | 5 (2.6%) | 34 (17.6%) | 140 (72.5%)* | 7 (3.6%) | 5 (2.6%) | 193 |
| Japanese American | 50 (2.8%) | 56 (3.2%)** | 183 (10.4%)* | 1,283 (72.9%)* | 100 (5.7%) | 88 (5.0%) | 1,760 |
| Latino | 20 (2.9%) | 52 (7.7%) | 141 (20.8%) | 414 (61.1%) | 35 (5.2%) | 16 (2.4%)** | 678 |
| Cirrhosis |
HBV n=82 |
HCV† n=476 |
ALD n=604 |
NAFLD n=646 |
Others n=185 |
Cryptogenic n=215 |
All Cases n=2,208 |
| White | 16 (3.1%) | 84 (16.5%) | 194 (38.2%) | 110 (21.7%) | 39 (7.7%) | 65 (12.8%) | 508 |
| African American | 8 (2.6%) | 91 (29.8%)* | 78 (25.6%)** | 89 (29.2%)** | 15 (4.9 %) | 24 (7.9%)** | 305 |
| Native Hawaiian | 7 (6.5%) | 5 (4.6%)** | 33 (30.6%) | 34 (31.5%)** | 14 (13.0 %) | 15 (13.9%) | 108 |
| Japanese American | 29 (5.5%) | 98 (18.7%) | 93 (17.8%)* | 169 (32.3%)** | 71 (13.6%)** | 63 (12.0%) | 523 |
| Latino | 22 (2.9%) | 198 (25.9%)* | 206 (27.0%)* | 244 (31.9%)* | 46 (6.0%) | 48 (6.3%)* | 764 |
†
HCV cases with HBV were also included in this group.
*
P≤0.0001 compared with Whites and adjusted for sex and duration of Medicare enrollment.
**
P<0.05 compared with Whites and adjusted for sex and duration of Medicare enrollment.