PNPLA3 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: The prevalence appears to be higher in Mexican Americans, which is consistent with previous studies (37), and it is considered that it may be associated with variant I148M of the PNPLA3 gene, which, as by far the gene most strongly associated with genetic susceptibility to NAFLD, has been shown by relevant studies to be more common in Mexican Americans (38).