Prevalence of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) contributes to a large proportion of liver disease burden in the world. Several groups have studied the prevalence of NAFLD in the Indian population.

Aim

A systematic review of the published literature and meta-analysis was carried out to estimate the prevalence of NAFLD in the Indian population.

Methods

English language literature published until April 2021 was searched from electronic databases. Original data published in any form which had reported NAFLD prevalence in the Indian population were included. The subgroup analysis of prevalence was done based on the age (adults or children) and risk category, i.e., average-risk group (community population, participants of control arm, unselected participants, hypothyr

SUBMITTER: Shalimar 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9168741 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature