Real-world data reveal a diagnostic gap in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of liver disease worldwide. It affects an estimated 20% of the general population, based on cohort studies of varying size and heterogeneous selection. However, the prevalence and incidence of recorded NAFLD diagnoses in unselected real-world health-care records is unknown. We harmonised health records from four major European territories and assessed age- and sex-specific point prevalence and incidence of NAFLD over the past decade.

Methods

Data were extracted from The Health Improvement Network (UK), Health Search Database (Italy), Information System for Research in Primary Care (Spain) and Integrated Primary Care Information (Netherlands). Each database uses a different coding system. Prevalence

SUBMITTER: Alexander M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6088429 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature