Mortality of NAFLD According to the Body Composition and Presence of Metabolic Abnormalities
Pegah Golabi, James M. Paik, Tamoore Arshad, Youssef Younossi, Alita Mishra, Zobair M. Younossi – 19 May 2020 – Although nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with obesity, it can also occur in lean and metabolically normal individuals. Our aim was to determine the effect of different combinations of abdominal adiposity and overall adiposity on the mortality of NAFLD. The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with mortality data from the National Death Index were used. NAFLD was defined as steatosis without other liver diseases.