Prevalence and risk factors of fatty liver in Portuguese adults.
Jorge LeitãoSofia CarvalhanaJoana CochichoAna Paula SilvaFrancisco VelascoIsabel MedeirosAna Catarina AlvesMafalda BourbonBárbara Cecília Bessa Dos Santos Oliveiros PaivaVictor José Lopes RodriguesRita SousaFilipa SampaioArmando de CarvalhoHelena Cortez-PintoPublished in: European journal of clinical investigation (2020)
The large spectrum of FL was present in more than one third of the population, although only less than half could be classified as NAFLD. Other significant risk factors, such as HAC, are probably implicated in FL, explaining the low NASH-related mortality compared with the high alcohol-related mortality during the same time period.