Response to: Comparison of MAFLD and NAFLD diagnostic criteria in real world.
Vy H NguyenMichael H LeLinda HenryRamsey C CheungPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)
We have several concerns with the recent study by Lin et al..1 Recently, the terminology used to identify fatty liver disease with metabolic components has come under discussion. Proponents for a name change of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) state that MAFLD better captures the heterogeneity of this fatty liver disease based on risk factor and removes the exclusion of alcohol use (non-alcoholic).