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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and risk of hospitalization for Covid-19.

Carolyn T BramanteChristopher J TignanelliNirjhar DuttaEmma JonesLeonardo TamarizJeanne M ClarkMichael UsherGenevieve Metlon-MeauxSayeed Ikramuddin
Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2020)
NAFLD/NASH is a significant risk factor for hospitalization for Covid-19, and appears to account for risk attributed to obesity. Treatments for metabolic disease mitigated risks from NAFLD/NASH. More research is needed to confirm risk associated with visceral adiposity, and patients should be screened for and informed of treatments for metabolic syndrome.
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