Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—Meta-analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes

Hepatology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-84

  Younossi, Zobair M ^a,b   Koenig, Aaron B ^b   Abdelatif, Dinan ^b   Fazel, Yousef ^b   Henry, Linda ^c   Wymer, Mark ^a,b  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Center for Outcomes Research in Liver Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INCIDENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84976479130     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.28431     Document Type: Article

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