Prospective Study of Outcomes in Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prognoses with respect to mortality and hepatic and nonhepatic outcomes across the histologic spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are not well defined.

Methods

We prospectively followed a multicenter patient population that included the full histologic spectrum of NAFLD. The incidences of death and other outcomes were compared across baseline histologic characteristics.

Results

A total of 1773 adults with NAFLD were followed for a median of 4 years. All-cause mortality increased with increasing fibrosis stages (0.32 deaths per 100 person-years for stage F0 to F2 [no, mild, or moderate fibrosis], 0.89 deaths per 100 persons-years for stage F3 [bridging fibrosis], and 1.76 deaths per 100 person-years for stage F4 [cirrhosis]). The inciden

SUBMITTER: Sanyal AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8881985 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature