Table 1 Characteristics of NHANES III Participants Aged 60 and over by NAFLD status, U.S. 1988–1994

N. of NAFLD

1434

% of NAFLD (95% CI)

40.0% (37.5 to 42.4%)

NAFLD

No NAFLD

NAFLD

No NAFLD

Age, mean (SE)

67.15 (0.12)^†

67.33 (0.17)

80.59 (0.23)^*

81.22 (0.18)

71.16 (0.18)

Male, %

52.33 (1.74)^*†

39.23 (1.39)

43.78 (2.06)^*

30.82 (1.40)

42.06 (0.63)

 non-Hispanic white

81.29 (2.17)^†

82.82 (1.27)

89.52 (2.16)

88.80 (1.18)

84.16 (1.38)

 non-Hispanic black

7.00 (0.66)^*†

9.89 (0.89)

4.56 (0.87)^*

8.35 (0.86)

8.20 (0.67)

 Mexican American

4.35 (0.45)^*†

1.26 (0.12)

1.89 (0.36)^*

0.78 (0.14)

2.14 (0.18)

 Other race

7.35 (1.94)

6.03 (0.98)

4.02 (1.90)

2.06 (0.53)

5.50 (1.12)

Current Smoker, %

14.85 (1.80)^*†

19.94 (0.95)

7.24 (1.07)

8.23 (0.96)

15.02 (0.70)

Waist circumference (cm), mean (SE)

106.86 (0.30)^*†

91.22 (0.34)

101.22 (0.55)^*

90.65 (0.32)

96.75 (0.25)

BMI, mean (SE)

30.57 (0.19)^*†

25.34 (0.12)

28.25 (0.22)^*

24.67 (0.11)

27.06 (0.11)

BMI (kg/m²) > 30, %

46.24 (1.78)^*†

13.24 (0.75)

31.77 (2.52)^*

10.00 (0.86)

24.26 (0.82)

Diabetes, %

33.22 (2.18)^*

4.06 (0.58)

32.85 (1.77)^*

6.06 (0.76)

16.03 (0.73)

Hyperlipidemia, %

88.12 (1.19)^*

81.38 (1.24)

86.07 (1.20)^*

79.15 (1.51)

83.46 (0.70)

Hypertension, %

63.32 (1.63)^*†

47.53 (1.41)

72.56 (2.02)

71.31 (1.64)

59.00 (0.86)

Metabolic Syndrome, %

44.42 (2.26)^*

8.26 (0.62)

40.75 (2.21)^*

9.30 (1.04)

22.49 (0.79)

History of cancer, %

17.42 (1.39)^†

18.50 (1.52)

27.28 (1.87)

27.11 (1.38)

20.66 (0.99)

History of CVD, %

20.63 (1.28)^*†

12.75 (1.14)

31.21 (2.35)^*

19.86 (1.54)

18.32 (0.84)