Fig. 1

Individual (grey line) and the mean (black line) response of liver fat content to overfeeding with a high fat diet in South Asians (a) and Caucasians (b). Liver fat content before and after overfeeding with a high fat diet were assessed using ANOVA repeated measure. Data were available from 8 South Asians and 8 Caucasians matched for body fat percentage (25.0 ± 5.4 % and 23.2 ± 6.3 % for South Asian and Caucasian respectively, P = 0.53). Overfeeding with a high fat diet increased liver fat content (P = 0.01) but the increase did not differ between ethnicities (P = 0.47). SA: South Asian, C: Caucasian