Association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and extrahepatic cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

NAFLD is tightly associated with various diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and cancer. Previous studies had investigated the association between NAFLD and various extrahepatic cancers, but the available data to date is not conclusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between NAFLD and various extrahepatic cancers comprehensively.

Methods

Searches were conducted of various electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Medline, and the Cochrane Library) to identify observational studies published between 1996 and January 2020 which investigated the association between NAFLD and extrahepatic cancers. The pooled OR/HR/IRR of the association between NAFLD and various extrahepatic cancers were analyzed.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Liu SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262754 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature