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The findings showed that 333 (39.1 percent) of the newly identified cases of chronic liver disease nash met case definition for definite or probable NAFLD. Of the 159 patients from this group who agree to participate in the study, 45 percent were Caucasian (compared to nash 59 percent of the Kaiser Permanente membership) and 28.3 percent were Hispanic (compared to 10 percent of the membership). The proportion of Asians was similar between the NAFLD population and the Kaiser Permanente membership, while African-Americans accounted for 9 percent of the nash membership but just 3 percent of the NAFLD group, although the authors note that the number of participants was small. "Epidemiological studies in patients with other types of chronic liver disease have shown that race-ethnicity can be predictive of disease complications and response to treatment," the authors note, adding that identifying racial-ethnic origins in NAFLD patients may lead to an improved understanding of the natural history and treatment of the disease.
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