The risk of cardiometabolic disorders in lean non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A longitudinal study

• Main Authors: Ehimen C. Aneni (Author), Marcio Sommer Bittencourt (Author), Catherine Teng (Author), Miguel Cainzos-Achirica (Author), Chukwuemeka U. Osondu (Author), Ahmed Soliman (Author), Mouaz Al-Mallah (Author), Matthew Buddoff (Author), Edison R. Parise (Author), Raul D. Santos (Author), Khurram Nasir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Recent studies suggest that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in lean (BMI<25 ​kg/m2) individuals presents a distinct phenotype. We sought to determine the cardiometabolic consequences of lean NAFLD in a population cohort of relatively young asymptomatic individuals who partic...