PNPLA3 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: In the recessive model, the PNPLA3 SNP (rs738409) was associated with NAFLD in different ethnic groups in China: Han (OR = 1.84, 95% CI: 1.03–3.27, p = 0.036), Uyghur (OR = 2.25, 95% CI: 1.23–4.09, p = 0.006) (Zhang et al., 2014).