Associations of liver volume and other markers of hepatic steatosis with all-cause mortality in the general population.
Muhammad NaeemMarcello Ricardo Paulista MarkusMohammed MousaSabine SchipfMarcus DörrAntje StevelingAli AghdassiJens-Peter KühnMarie-Luise KromreyMatthias NauckGiovanni TargherHenry VölzkeTill IttermanPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)
We showed for the first time that larger liver volume was associated with a 3-fold increase in long-term risk of all-cause mortality. This association remained significant after adjustment for age, sex, alcohol consumption, obesity and other coexisting metabolic disorders.