| |
Liver-to-Spleen Ratio |
|
| No. (%) or mean (±SD) |
≥1 |
<1 |
p-value |
| N |
3342 |
696 |
<0.001 |
| Age |
63 (11) |
61 (10) |
0.456 |
| Male |
1485 (44%) |
320 (46%) |
<0.001 |
| Race |
|
| White |
1271 (38%) |
231 (33%) |
0.016 |
| Chinese |
319 (10%) |
79 (11%) |
0.146 |
| African-American |
1058 (32%) |
135 (19%) |
<0.001 |
| Hispanic |
694 (21%) |
251 (36%) |
<0.001 |
| Education |
|
| <High School |
592 (18%) |
173 (25%) |
<0.001 |
| HS + non-college level |
1588 (48%) |
327 (47%) |
0.799 |
| College or more |
1148 (35%) |
193 (28%) |
0.001 |
| Smoking |
0.097 |
| Never |
1720 (52%) |
389 (56%) |
0.032 |
| Former |
1230 (37%) |
230 (33%) |
0.061 |
| Current |
379 (11%) |
74 (11%) |
0.592 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) |
28.1 (5.2) |
31.1 (5.4) |
<0.001 |
| Diabetes |
387 (12%) |
157 (23%) |
<0.001 |
| Hypertension |
1529 (46%) |
370 (53%) |
<0.001 |
| SBP |
127 (22) |
130 (21) |
0.001 |
| DBP |
70 (10) |
73 (10) |
<0.001 |
| HTN Meds |
1274 (38%) |
309 (44%) |
0.002 |
| LDL |
118 (31) |
116 (31) |
0.162 |
| HDL |
52 (15) |
45 (12) |
<0.001 |
| Triglycerides* |
105 [75, 152] |
154 [107, 209] |
<0.001 |
| Lipid lowering meds |
540 (16%) |
122 (18%) |
0.379 |
| Coagulation Markers |
|
| CRP (mg/L)* |
1.79 [0.81, 1.87] |
2.94 [1.37, 6.28] |
<0.001 |
| IL-6 (pg/mL)* |
1.23 [0.78, 1.87] |
1.52 [1.02, 2.37] |
<0.001 |
| Waist circumference |
97.4 (13.7) |
105.7 (13.4) |
<0.001 |
| Glucose |
95.7 (28.5) |
108.5 (39.2) |
<0.001 |
|
