Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Cuba.
Marlen Ivón Castellanos-FernándezEduardo Crespo-RamírezSergio Del Valle-DíazEduardo Barreto-SuárezJavier Orlando Díaz-ElíasLorenzo Morales-MartínezIgnacio Morales-MartínezElisa Cedeño-RamírezTeresita Pérez-GonzálezSila María González-SueroCaridad Ruenes-DomechMirtha Infante-VelázquezSusana Angela Borges-GonzálezAngela Elvírez-GutiérrezSacha Lazo-Del VallínOscar Manuel Villa JiménezLiana Margarita Labrada-MorenoPublished in: MEDICC review (2021)
Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in these Cuban patients coincides with that reported in the Caribbean region, which has high levels of obesity, overweight and sedentary lifestyles. Most were asymptomatic, female or had metabolism-related comorbidities such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia.