Incidence and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A 7-year follow-up study among urban, adult Sri Lankans.
Madunil Anuk NiriellaArunasalam PathmeswaranShamila T De SilvaAnuradhani KasturiratnaRuwan PereraChamila E SubasingheKuleesha KodisingheChathura PiyaratnaVithiya RishikesawanAnuradha S DassanayakaArjuna P De SilvaRajitha WickramasingheFumihiko TakeuchiNorihiro KatoHithanadura J de SilvaPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2017)
In this community cohort study, the annual incidence of NAFLD was 6.2%. Incident NAFLD was associated with general and central obesity, raised triglycerides and diabetes, and showed a tendency of association with PNPLA3 gene polymorphisms.