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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 3.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Oct 3;170(10):e161971. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1971

Table 3.

Risk Factors for NASH

Characteristic Odds Ratios for NASH
OR (95% CI)
Glucose Status
 Normal glucose 1.0 (reference)
 Prediabetes 1.9 (1.2,2.9)
 Type 2 Diabetes 3.1 (1.5,6.2)
Age (years) 1.1 (1.0,1.2)
Sex
 Male 1.0 (reference)
 Female 1.4 (0.9,2.1)
Race/ethnicity
 White non-Hispanic 1.0 (reference)
 Hispanic 0.7 (0.5,1.1)
 Other 0.7 (0.3,1.6)
BMI (kg/m2) 1.01 (1.0,1.1)
Waist circumference (cm) 1.01 (0.98–1.03)
(Intercept) - -

Abbreviations: OR=odds ratio, CI=confidence interval, BMI=body mass index