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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Res. 2020 Dec 26;88:34–43. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2020.12.023

Table 4:

Odds of elevated ALT and advanced fibrosis by MetS-Z, overall and by race/ethnicity.a

Overall White Black Hispanic Other Mets-Z × Race Interaction p-value
Elevated ALTb
Unadjusted 1.58 [1.44, 1.72] 1.82 [1.57, 2.1] 1.15 [1.02, 1.31] 1.39 [1.21, 1.61] 1.48 [1.15, 1.91] < 0.0001
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, diabetes status 1.64 [1.46, 1.83] 1.87 [1.60, 2.2] 1.20 [1.05, 1.37] 1.46 [1.24, 1.72] 1.56 [1.18, 2.10] 0.0002
Elevated ALT above 97.5%tile
Unadjusted 1.49 [1.34, 1.65] 1.60 [1.40, 1.84] 1.14, [0.76, 1.70] 1.38 [1.19, 1.60] 1.91 [1.00, 3.69] 0.2122
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, diabetes status 1.48 [1.25, 1.77] 1.62 [1.34, 1.95] 1.14 [0.80, 1.63] 1.38 [1.11, 1.73] 1.93 [1.03, 3.60] 0.0931
Fibrosis stage 3 or 4c
Unadjusted 1.96 [1.77, 2.18] 2.2 [1.78, 2.72] 1.79 [1.46, 2.18] 1.74 [1.5, 2.02] 0.36 [0.18, 0.74] 0.0001
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, diabetes status 1.16 [1.0, 1.3] 1.24 [1.04, 1.46] 1.17 [0.98, 1.39] 1.06 [0.84, 1.34] 0.12 [0.05, 0.27] <0.0001
Elevated NFS and Fib4 d
Unadjusted 1.29 [0.90, 1.85] 1.61 [1.41, 1.85] 1.24 [1.01, 1.52] 1.73 [1.51, 1.99] 0.36 [0.18, 0.74] 0.0006
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, diabetes status 0.70 [0.3, 1.6] 1.08 [0.62, 1.91] 0.75 [0.35, 1.62] 1.47 [1.03, 2.10] 0.08 [0.02, 0.37] 0.0048
a.

Presented: Odds ratio [95% CI]

b.

ALT >40 in males and >31 in females [12]

c.

NASH Fibrosis Score > 0.676

d.

NASH Fibrosis Score > 0.676 and Fib4 ≥ 2.67