Prospective Study of Outcomes in Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

In a study involving patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, all-cause mortality over a median of 4 years was higher among patients with advanced fibrosis at baseline than among those with lower fibrosis stages. Advanced fibrosis was related to an increased incidence of liver decompensation...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2021-10, Vol.385 (17), p.1559-1569
Hauptverfasser: Sanyal, Arun J, Van Natta, Mark L, Clark, Jeanne, Neuschwander-Tetri, Brent A, Diehl, AnnaMae, Dasarathy, Srinivasan, Loomba, Rohit, Chalasani, Naga, Kowdley, Kris, Hameed, Bilal, Wilson, Laura A, Yates, Katherine P, Belt, Patricia, Lazo, Mariana, Kleiner, David E, Behling, Cynthia, Tonascia, James
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Zusammenfassung:In a study involving patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, all-cause mortality over a median of 4 years was higher among patients with advanced fibrosis at baseline than among those with lower fibrosis stages. Advanced fibrosis was related to an increased incidence of liver decompensation events.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa2029349