Fatty liver epidemiology and demographics

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Overview

Fatty liver disease is prevalent among 10%- 24% of general population in various countries.^[1] However among obese individuals the condition is observed in up to 75% of people, 35% of whom, despite no evidence of excessive alcohol consumption, will lead to non alcoholic FLD.^[2] It is the most common cause of abnormal liver function test in the US.^[1] African Americans and Mexican Americans have higher frequencies of unexplained serum aminotransferase elevations than those reported in whites but prevalence of FLD among different racial groups is not known.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Angulo P (2002). “Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease”. N. Engl. J. Med. 346 (16): 1221–31. doi:10.1056/NEJMra011775. PMID 11961152.
↑ Hamaguchi M, Kojima T, Takeda N, Nakagawa T, Taniguchi H, Fujii K, Omatsu T, Nakajima T, Sarui H, Shimazaki M, Kato T, Okuda J, Ida K (2005). “The metabolic syndrome as a predictor of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease”. Ann. Intern. Med. 143 (10): 722–8. PMID 16287793.

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[angulo-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Angulo P (2002). “Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease”. N. Engl. J. Med. 346 (16): 1221–31. doi:10.1056/NEJMra011775. PMID 11961152.

[2] Hamaguchi M, Kojima T, Takeda N, Nakagawa T, Taniguchi H, Fujii K, Omatsu T, Nakajima T, Sarui H, Shimazaki M, Kato T, Okuda J, Ida K (2005). “The metabolic syndrome as a predictor of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease”. Ann. Intern. Med. 143 (10): 722–8. PMID 16287793.

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Fatty liver epidemiology and demographics

Overview

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