Hepatitis B virus infection and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A population-based cohort study.
Liguo ZhuJie JiangXiangjun ZhaiAileen BaeckerHong PengJiao QianMingHao ZhouCi SongYan ZhouJianfang XuHongjian LiuDong HangZhibin HuHongbin ShenZuo-Feng ZhangFengcai ZhuPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)
Metabolic factors play an important role in the presence of NAFLD among Chinese CHB patients. However, viral replication factors are not related to NAFLD except among those with concurrent type 2 DM.