Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—Meta‐analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes

M. Younossi, Zobair; B. Koenig, Aaron; Abdelatif, Dinan; Fazel, Yousef; Henry, Linda; Wymer, Mark

doi:10.1002/hep.28431

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Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—Meta‐analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes

Published in Hepatology • Dec 28, 2015

Authors:

Zobair M. Younossi

Aaron B. Koenig

Dinan Abdelatif

Abstract

UNLABELLED: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major cause of liver disease worldwide. We estimated the global prevalence, incidence, progression, and outcomes of NAFLD and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). PubMed/MEDLINE were searched from 1989 to 2015 for terms involving epidemiology...

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Medicine

Internal medicine

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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