Compared to White patients, South Asian patients were younger (49.3y vs 55.0y, p = 0.004), with lower mean BMI (29.8 kg/m2 vs 35.5 kg/m2, p < 0.001), had a higher prevalence of T2DM (55.5% vs 37.4%, p = 0.022), albeit with comparable LSM scores (9.4 kPa vs 10.9 kPa, p = 0.221), ESS scores (7.0 vs 7.1, p = 0.915), serum levels of ALT (53.4 IU/ml vs 52.7 IU/ml, p = 0.917) and AST (44.1 IU/ml vs 37.9 IU/ml, p = 0.179) (Table 1). The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.