The global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): a systematic review

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: NAFLD is a leading cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality. Among the NAFLD cohort diagnosed without a liver biopsy, pooled mortality rate per 1000 PY was 12.60 (6.68-23.67) for all-cause mortality; 4.20 (1.34-7.05) for cardiac-specific mortality; 2.83 (0.78-4.88) for extrahepatic cancer-specific mortality; and 0.92 (0.00-2.21) for liver-specific mortality.

🔑 Key Findings

• We assessed the global and regional prevalence, incidence, and mortality of NAFLD using an in-depth meta-analytic approach.
• APPROACH AND RESULTS: PubMed and Ovid MEDLINE were searched for NAFLD population-based studies from 1990 to 2019 survey year (last published 2022) per Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA).
• Meta-analysis was conducted using random-effects models.

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