Table 1 Laboratory, clinical, and histologic characteristics of NAFLD patients included in the case-only association analyses. All individuals were of European ancestry

Histologic characteristic—NAS score (0–8) †

4.01(SD 1.58)

3.45(SD 1.74)

3.78(SD 1.76)

NAS score ≥ 5

43/107 (40%)

36/128 (28%)

79/235 (34%)

Histologic characteristic—fibrosis score (0–4) †

0.71(SD 0.67)

1.01(SD 1.26)

0.88(SD 1.06)

ALT U/L‡

40 (37–45)

63 (59–67)

53 (49–58)

AST U/L‡

45 (42–48)

39 (37–41)

41 (39–43)

Presence of cirrhosis

N = 0

N = 64

N = 64

Presence of hepatocellular CA

N = 0

N = 15

N = 15