Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 96; no. 39; p. e8179
• Main Authors: Dai, Wenjie, Ye, Ling, Liu, Aizhong, Wen, Shi Wu, Deng, Jing, Wu, Xin, Lai, Zhiwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01.09.2017; Wolters Kluwer Health
• Subjects: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Disease Management; Early Diagnosis; Humans; Needs Assessment; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - diagnosis; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - epidemiology; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - therapy; Prevalence; Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
• ISSN: 0025-7974; 1536-5964; 1536-5964
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000008179

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is emerging as a public health issue worldwide and is highly prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, there was a great disparity across studies in the estimated prevalence of NAFLD in T2DM patients. This meta-analysis, therefore,...