Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease incidence and impact on metabolic burden and death: A 20 year‐community study

• Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 67; no. 5; pp. 1726 - 1736
• Main Authors: Allen, Alina M., Therneau, Terry M., Larson, Joseph J., Coward, Alexandra, Somers, Virend K., Kamath, Patrick S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Comorbidity; Databases, Factual; Death; Epidemiology; Fatty liver; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hepatology; Humans; Incidence; Life span; Liver diseases; Male; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Metabolic Syndrome - etiology; Metabolism; Minnesota - epidemiology; Mortality; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - complications; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - epidemiology; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - mortality; Population studies; Residence Characteristics; Risk Factors; Survival Rate; Young Adult; Young adults

Recent population‐based data on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) epidemiology in general, and incidence in particular, are lacking. We examined trends in NAFLD incidence in a U.S. community and the impact of NAFLD on incident metabolic comorbidities (MCs), cardiovascular (CV) events, and mor...