Non-obese non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Asia: An inter-national registry study

• Main Authors: Tan, Eunice Xiang-Xuan, Lee, Jonathan Wei-Jie, Jumat, Nur Halisah, Chan, Wah-Kheong, Treeprasertsuk, Sombat, Goh, George Boon-Bee, Fan, Jian-Gao, Song, Myeong Jun, Charatcharoenwitthaya, Phunchai, Duseja, Ajay, Imajo, Kento, Nakajima, Atsushi, Seki, Yosuke, Kasama, Kazunori, Kakizaki, Satoru, Lesmana, Laurentius A., Zheng, Kenneth, Zheng, Ming-Hua, Koh, Calvin J., Ho, Khek-Yu, Goh, Khean-Lee, Wong, Vincent Wai-Sun, Dan, Yock-Young
• Format: Article
• Published: W B Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/33703/

Background: A significant proportion of the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) population is non-obese. Prior studies reporting the severity of NAFLD amongst non-obese patients were heterogenous. Our study, using data from the largest biopsy-proven NAFLD international registry within Asia, ai...