Comparison of long-term prognosis between non-obese and obese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Michihiro IwakiTakaomi KessokuKosuke TanakaAnna OzakiYuki KasaiAtsushi YamamotoKota TakahashiTakashi Kobayashi Asako NogamiYasushi HondaYuji OgawaKento ImajoShunsuke OyamadaNoritoshi KobayashiShinichi AishimaSatoru SaitoAtsushi NakajimaMasato Yoneda

Published in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2022)

Non-obese NAFLD does not necessarily have a good prognosis, and some cases have a poor prognosis such as extrahepatic cancers. Further validation is required in the future.

Keyphrases

obese patients
poor prognosis
bariatric surgery
long non coding rna
gastric bypass
roux en y gastric bypass
weight loss
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes