Suspected Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Mortality Risk in a Population-Based Cohort Study

Dunn, Winston; Xu, Ronghui; L. Wingard, Deborah; S. Rogers, Christopher; Angulo, Paul; M. Younossi, Zobair; B. Schwimmer, Jeffrey

doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02034.x

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Suspected Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Mortality Risk in a Population-Based Cohort Study

Published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology • Aug 5, 2008

Authors:

Winston Dunn

Ronghui Xu

Deborah L. Wingard

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Case series suggest that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. The current study compared the survival of subjects with and without suspected NAFLD in a population-based cohort, and placed the finding in the context o...

Subject

Medicine

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Internal medicine

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