Table 7.

Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the association between NAFLD stage and race/ethnicity for each gender group.

Reference: normal/mild NAFLD	Male		Female no menopause		Female menopause no hormone
Race/ethnicity	Moderate	Severe	Moderate	Severe	Moderate	Severe
Non-Hispanic White	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Mexican American	4.5 [1.7–11.7]	5.0 [2.1–12.0]	0.8 [0.2–3.0]	2.3 [0.6–8.2]	2.7 [0.2–50.0]	2.5 [0.2–34.4]
Other Hispanic	1.2 [0.5–2.6]	0.7 [0.3–2.2]	0.6 [0.1–2.3]	1.8 [0.7–4.8]	0.2 [0.0–4.7]	0.4 [0.0–12.2]
Non-Hispanic Black	1.0 [0.5–1.9]	0.5 [0.3–0.9]	0.7 [0.4–1.2]	0.5 [0.3–0.9]	0.7 [0.2–1.9]	0.6 [0.2–1.7]
Other race	2.3 [0.9–6.0]	1.3 [0.7–2.6]	1.0 [0.5–2.3]	0.8 [0.3–2.5]	3.6 [1.0–13.2]	2.0 [0.5–7.8]

Adjusted for demographic variables (age, race/ethnicity, education, language spoken, and poverty [FIR]), physical activity status, smoking status, diet quality (healthy eating index), body composition (waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index), and laboratory values [cholesterol, HDL, triglyceride, glucose, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), highly-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), AST, and ALT].

Bold = statistically significant at p < 0.05.