Prevalence of and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and fibrosis among young adults in Egypt.
Shaheen TomahOsama HamdyMegahed M AbuelmagdAttia H HassanNaim AlkhouriMarwa R Al-BadriHannah GardnerAhmed H EldibElsayed A EidPublished in: BMJ open gastroenterology (2021)
In this cohort of college students in Egypt, around 1 in 3 had steatosis, and 1 in 20 had moderate-to-advanced fibrosis, an established risk factor for hepatic and extrahepatic morbidity and mortality. These data underscore the urgency to address the silent epidemic of NAFLD among young adults in the Middle East-North Africa region.