The Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Adults

By J. Clark. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2006

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Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, Surgery

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• Hypertriglyceridemia: its etiology, effects and treatment (2007, background): “Among affected patients, up to one-third may also have nonalcoholic steatotic hepatitis.(13,14) Lipotoxicity, oxidative stress, cytokines and proinflammatory mediators contribute to the progression from steatosis to nonalcoholic steatotic hepatitis.”
• Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Variants Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease That Have Distinct Effects on Metabolic Traits (2011, background): “NAFLD includes a spectrum of disease ranging from fatty infiltration of the liver (steatosis) to histologic evidence of inflammation (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH), to fibrosis or cirrhosis, without a history of excessive alcohol ingestion [1,2].”