Table 3.

Covariate-adjusted^* correlations between all histological lesions. Results based on multivariable linear regression. NH-White (n=1153) and other racial/ethnic groups (n=404) populations.

	Non-Hispanic White population
		Steatosis	Lobular inflammation	Ballooning degeneration	Portal inflammation	Fibrosis
Steatosis	Adj. β		0.16	0.07	−0.07	−0.11
	P-value		<0.001	0.018	0.001	0.011
Lobular inflammation	Adj. β			0.49	0.11	0.41
	P-value			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Ballooning degeneration	Adj. β				0.12	0.65
	P-value				<0.001	<0.001
Portal inflammation	Adj. β					0.94
	P-value					<0.001
	Other racial/ethnic groups
Steatosis	Adj. β		0.13	−0.07	−0.08	−0.13
	P-value		0.005	0.192	0.036	0.05
Lobular inflammation	Adj. β			0.42	0.11	0.46
	P-value			<0.001	0.008	<0.001
Ballooning degeneration	Adj. β				0.14	0.70
	P-value				<0.001	<0.001
Portal inflammation	Adj. β					0.68
	P-value					<0.001

^*Multivariable linear regression models adjusting for age, gender, body mass index (kg/m²), T2DM, non-heavy alcohol intake, PNPLA3 rs738409, HSD17B13 rs72613567, TM6SF2 rs58542926, MBOAT7 rs641738. Race/ethnicity was further included in the multivariable analysis focusing on the other racial/ethnic groups cohort.