Nineteen-year prognosis in Japanese patients with biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Lean versus overweight patients.

Shunji HiroseKoshi MatsumotoMasayuki TatemichiKota TsuruyaKazuya AnzaiYoshitaka AraseKoichi ShiraishiMichiko SuzukiSatsuki IedaTatehiro Kagawa

Published in: PloS one (2020)

T2DM was highly prevalent in NAFLD patients and was significantly associated with both all-cause mortality and liver-related events. The lean patients' prognosis wasn't necessarily better than that of overweight patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
type diabetes
physical activity
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
weight loss
body composition
drug induced