Magnitude of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Eastern Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most common chronic liver disease worldwide, affecting a quarter of the global adult population. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, the more active form of NAFLD with active hepatic necroinflammation and faster fibrosis progression, has become one of the leading indications for liver transplantation and an important cause of hepatocellular carcinoma in Western countries. Epidemiological studies suggest that NAFLD is almost equally prevalent in Asia as in the West, but severe liver complications appear to be less common. In this article, we review the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, risk factors and clinical outcomes of NAFLD in Asia. We highlight the issue of NAFLD in the nonobese population and discuss whether it is a unique phe

SUBMITTER: Ching-Yeung Yu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6728533 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature