Table 1 Clinical and Quality of Life-related factors in People with NAFLD from different ethnicities.
Variable | All (n = 192) | White (n = 83) | South Asian (n = 80) | Black (n = 14) | Other (n = 15) | White vs South Asian | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p value | |
Age (years) | 51.7 | 13.0 | 55.0 | 13.6 | 49.3 | 11.3 | 47.9 | 11.8 | 49.5 | 16.3 | 0.004 |
Gender (% female) | 42.2% | 41.0% | 41.3% | 35.7% | 60.0% | 0.999 | |||||
BMI (kg/m2) | 32.8 | 7.6 | 35.5 | 8.6 | 29.8 | 4.8 | 33.3 | 8.9 | 34.0 | 7.9 | < 0.001 |
Liver stiffness score (kPa) | 10.2 | 7.8 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 0.221 |
Obstructive sleep apnoea | 13.5% | 15.7% | 8.8% | 21.4% | 20.0% | 0.179 | |||||
Type 2 diabetes | 47.4% | 37.3% | 55.0% | 28.6% | 80.0% | 0.022 | |||||
HbA1c (mmol/mol) | 57.1 | 13.6 | 57.6 | 15.9 | 57.9 | 13.2 | 60.0 | 18.4 | 49.0 | 5.4 | 0.938 |
ALT (U/L) | 52.8 | 35.4 | 52.7 | 37.2 | 53.4 | 35.5 | 42.0 | 23.7 | 58.3 | 35.1 | 0.917 |
AST (U/L) | 40.8 | 20.4 | 37.9 | 17.5 | 44.1 | 23.6 | 35.0 | 10.7 | 41.3 | 18.0 | 0.179 |
ESS Score | 7.4 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 0.915 |
ESS score > 10 | 24.9% | 22.4% | 21.5% | 41.7% | 42.9% | 0.999 | |||||
SF-36 scales | |||||||||||
Physical Functioning | 62.2 | 31.9 | 61.8 | 34.6 | 60.9 | 30.4 | 63.3 | 35.2 | 70.7 | 22.8 | 0.856 |
Role limitations due to physical health | 59.1 | 45.0 | 56.3 | 46.4 | 61.1 | 44.4 | 64.6 | 44.5 | 58.9 | 45.6 | 0.509 |
Role limitations due to emotional health | 68.9 | 43.4 | 72.8 | 42.1 | 63.7 | 44.7 | 83.3 | 33.3 | 64.3 | 49.7 | 0.194 |
Energy/fatigue | 47.7 | 23.8 | 46.2 | 23.5 | 48.9 | 23.7 | 61.3 | 22.4 | 37.5 | 22.8 | 0.481 |
Emotional well-being | 66.9 | 23.8 | 68.2 | 22.9 | 64.8 | 24.0 | 78.3 | 21.3 | 62.0 | 27.7 | 0.369 |
Social functioning | 70.3 | 30.5 | 68.4 | 33.6 | 70.9 | 29.1 | 71.9 | 26.2 | 75.9 | 24.3 | 0.626 |
Pain | 54.1 | 28.4 | 52.5 | 29.6 | 55.3 | 27.2 | 50.0 | 36.7 | 60.0 | 20.4 | 0.538 |
General health | 48.3 | 23.5 | 49.1 | 25.8 | 47.2 | 20.2 | 60.4 | 29.0 | 39.3 | 20.0 | 0.594 |
Physical component scale (PCS) | 35.3 | 14.8 | 34.4 | 16.5 | 35.9 | 13.3 | 34.2 | 16.7 | 38.4 | 11.8 | 0.534 |
Mental component scale (MCS) | 48.5 | 13.4 | 49.3 | 13.4 | 47.3 | 13.3 | 55.8 | 8.6 | 44.2 | 15.1 | 0.363 |
