Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity: not all about body mass index

MR Pagadala, AJ McCullough - … journal of the American College of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) are typically obese and confounded by the
metabolic syndrome. The body mass index (BMI) is often used as a surrogate marker of …

Recent advances in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

O Cheung, AJ Sanyal - Current opinion in gastroenterology, 2009 - journals.lww.com
The underlying mechanism and pathogenesis of NAFLD remain elusive. Although research
effort has advanced the understanding of the natural history, pathogenesis and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent epidemiology and risk factors of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Y Huh, YJ Cho, GE Nam - Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Because of the global obesity epidemic, the incidence and prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty
liver disease (NAFLD) have increased worldwide, including among Koreans. Recently, the …

AGA clinical practice update: diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in lean individuals: expert review

MT Long, M Noureddin, JK Lim - Gastroenterology, 2022 - Elsevier
Description Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is well recognized as a leading
etiology for chronic liver disease, affecting> 25% of the US and global populations. Up to 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity: biochemical, metabolic and clinical presentations

S Milić, D Lulić, D Štimac - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in the world.
Presentation of the disease ranges from simple steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis …

NAFLD: a multisystem disease that requires a multidisciplinary approach

CJ Danford, M Lai - Frontline Gastroenterology, 2019 - fg.bmj.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is often thought of as the hepatic manifestation of
the metabolic syndrome and is frequently accompanied by type 2 diabetes, hypertension …

[HTML][HTML] Non-obese or lean nonalcoholic fatty liver disease matters, but is it preventable or inevitable in light of its risk factors?

H Jang, W Kim - Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To date, a majority of studies have focused on obese nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD), which is mainly responsible for the Western NAFLD population. Nevertheless, a …

NAFLD as the metabolic hallmark of obesity

A Rojano, E Sena, R Manzano-Nuñez… - Internal and Emergency …, 2023 - Springer
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common chronic liver
disease worldwide, associated with a high risk of progression to NASH, liver cirrhosis and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

S Murag, A Ahmed, D Kim - Gut and liver, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The ongoing obesity epidemic and the increasing recognition of metabolic syndrome have
contributed to the growing prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most …

[HTML][HTML] Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and non-liver comorbidities

R Manikat, MH Nguyen - Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver disease characterized by excess
fat accumulation in the liver. It is closely associated with metabolic syndrome, and patients …