Ethnicity influences the lipidology of fatty liver disease, with African Americans generally having lower VLDL and triglycerides even with type 2 diabetes, while Hispanic patients with diabetes typically have higher triglycerides and VLDL and are more susceptible to NAFLD.

“you know when you look at african-american patients even with type 2 diabetes we'll still have very low v LDL and triglycerides a Hispanic patient with diabetes will generally have a high triglyceride and a high V LDL and actually they're far more susceptible to naphthyl D an african-american and Caucasian is in the middle”