Table 1 Characteristics of the NHANES 2017–2020 participants
Characteristics | Total adults (N = 7243) | No MAFLD (N = 3139) | MAFLD (N = 4104) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SE), years | 48.22(0.58) | 44.59(0.69) | 51.20(0.60) | < 0.001 |
Age, n (%) | 0.002 | |||
20–65 | 5525(79.06) | 2478(82.51) | 3047(76.22) | |
≥ 65 | 1718(20.94) | 661(17.49) | 1057(23.78) | |
Gender, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Male | 3578(49.04) | 1421(42.88) | 2157(54.10) | |
Female | 3665(50.96) | 1718(57.12) | 1947(45.90) | |
Race and Ethnicity | < 0.001 | |||
Non-Hispanic White | 2568(62.38) | 1084(63.32) | 1484(61.60) | |
Non-Hispanic Black | 1937(11.46) | 972(13.49) | 965(9.79) | |
Mexican American | 849(8.38) | 256(6.03) | 593(10.30) | |
Other Race | 1889(17.79) | 827(17.16) | 1062(18.30) | |
Marital status, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Married/Living with partner | 4195(61.64) | 1693(55.69) | 2502(66.52) | |
Never married | 1430(19.87) | 779(26.47) | 651(14.45) | |
Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 1618(18.49) | 667(17.84) | 951(19.03) | |
Education level, n (%) | 0.020 | |||
Less than high school graduate | 1265(10.25) | 497(9.09) | 768(11.21) | |
High school graduate or GED | 1753(27.64) | 738(25.98) | 1015(29.00) | |
Some college or above | 4225(62.11) | 1904(64.93) | 2321(59.79) | |
PIR, mean (SE) | 3.12(0.05) | 3.13(0.07) | 3.10(0.05) | 0.670 |
PIR, n (%) | 0.520 | |||
≤ 1.3 | 2048(19.76) | 908(19.94) | 1140(19.61) | |
1.3∼3.5 | 2795(34.41) | 1176(33.40) | 1619(35.24) | |
> 3.5 | 2400(45.83) | 1055(46.66) | 1345(45.15) | |
Smoking, n (%) | 0.002 | |||
Never | 4167(57.23) | 1866(59.27) | 2301(55.55) | |
Ex-smoker | 1741(25.46) | 612(22.01) | 1129(28.29) | |
Current-smoker | 1335(17.31) | 661(18.72) | 674(16.16) | |
Drinking, n (%) | 0.840 | |||
no | 847(8.48) | 375(8.60) | 472(8.39) | |
yes | 6396(91.52) | 2764(91.40) | 3632(91.61) | |
DI-GM, Mean (SE) | 4.59(0.05) | 4.64(0.06) | 4.55(0.04) | 0.100 |
DI-GM, n (%) | 0.230 | |||
0–3 | 1940(24.67) | 833(24.83) | 1107(24.54) | |
4 | 1862(24.78) | 785(23.10) | 1077(26.15) | |
5 | 1644(22.63) | 703(22.32) | 941(22.89) | |
≥ 6 | 1797(27.92) | 818(29.75) | 979(26.42) |