Table 3.
Mortality Ratios Among Decedents With NAFLD, United States, 2007‐2016
| Mortality Ratio* (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male to Female | Non‐Hispanic Black to Non‐Hispanic White | Hispanicto Non‐Hispanic White | Non‐Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native to Non‐Hispanic White | Non‐Hispanic Asian to Non‐Hispanic White | |
| Cause‐specific death† | |||||
| Cardiovascular disease | 1.34 (1.31‐1.36) | 1.23 (1.19‐1.26) | 0.91 (0.88‐0.94) | 0.87 (0.79‐0.95) | 1.21 (1.14‐1.29) |
| Cirrhosis | 0.95 (0.94‐0.96) | 0.89 (0.88‐0.90) | 0.99 (0.98‐1.00) | 0.90 (0.87‐0.93) | 0.83 (0.81‐0.86) |
| Diabetes | 0.83 (0.80‐0.87) | 1.11 (1.03‐1.20) | 1.40 (1.32‐1.48) | 1.76 (1.52‐2.04) | 1.15 (0.99‐1.33) |
| Non‐liver cancer | 1.11 (1.08‐1.14) | 0.96 (0.92‐1.01) | 0.87 (0.83‐0.91) | 0.80 (0.69‐0.91) | 1.11 (1.02‐1.22) |
| HCC | 2.39 (2.28‐2.50) | 1.39 (1.30‐1.47) | 1.67 (1.59‐1.76) | 1.39 (1.19‐1.63) | 2.53 (2.31‐2.77) |
| Lung disease | 1.12 (1.06‐1.18) | 0.70 (0.63‐0.77) | 0.41 (0.36‐0.45) | 0.71 (0.54‐0.92) | 0.42 (0.32‐0.54) |
| Contributory causes of death‡ | |||||
| Diabetes | 0.84 (0.83‐0.86) | 0.85 (0.82‐0.89) | 1.34 (1.30‐1.38) | 1.34 (1.24‐1.46) | 1.20 (1.12‐1.29) |
| Hypertension | 0.96 (0.94‐0.99) | 1.39 (1.34‐1.44) | 1.23 (1.19‐1.27) | 1.09 (0.99‐1.20) | 1.23 (1.15‐1.32) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 1.08 (1.06‐1.09) | 1.09 (1.07‐1.12) | 1.16 (1.14‐1.18) | 1.08 (1.03‐1.14) | 1.22 (1.17‐1.26) |
| Lung disease | 1.04 (1.01‐1.07) | 0.77 (0.73‐0.81) | 0.52 (0.49‐0.54) | 0.72 (0.63‐0.82) | 0.61 (0.54‐0.68) |
| Renal disease | 1.05 (1.03‐1.07) | 1.52 (1.48‐1.57) | 1.29 (1.26‐1.33) | 1.33 (1.23‐1.44) | 1.30 (1.22‐1.38) |
| Neurological disorder | 0.90 (0.86‐0.94) | 1.19 (1.11‐1.27) | 1.03 (0.97‐1.10) | 1.29 (1.11‐1.51) | 0.97 (0.83‐1.13) |
| Non‐liver cancer | 1.06 (1.01‐1.10) | 0.97 (0.89‐1.05) | 0.83 (0.77‐0.89) | 0.77 (0.61‐0.96) | 0.95 (0.82‐1.10) |
| Dementia | 0.75 (0.71‐0.79) | 1.46 (1.32‐1.61) | 1.02 (0.94‐1.11) | 1.18 (0.90‐1.55) | 0.82 (0.68‐0.99) |
| Thyroid | 0.40 (0.36‐0.43) | 0.61 (0.51‐0.74) | 0.94 (0.83‐1.06) | 0.94 (0.66‐1.35) | 0.96 (0.73‐1.25) |
| Obstructive sleep disorder | 1.04 (0.93‐1.17) | 0.52 (0.41‐0.66) | 0.60 (0.50‐0.73) | 0.57 (0.33‐0.99) | 0.74 (0.48‐1.13) |
| Depression | 0.52 (0.46‐0.58) | 0.47 (0.35‐0.62) | 0.65 (0.53‐0.79) | 0.43 (0.21‐0.85) | 0.73 (0.45‐1.18) |
| Osteoporosis | 0.19 (0.15‐0.24) | 0.29 (0.16‐0.55) | 0.53 (0.38‐0.75) | 1.00 (0.45‐2.24) | 0.86 (0.48‐1.52) |
*
Robust Poisson models were used while adjusting for age, sex, and race.
†
Defined by using underlying cause of death.
‡
Defined by using contributory causes of death; because a decedent can have multiple contributory causes of death, a decedent could be counted multiple times.