Nineteen-year prognosis in Japanese patients with biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Lean versus overweight patients.

<h4>Background</h4>Many studies have investigated the prognosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); however, most studies had a relatively short follow-up. To elucidate the long-term outcome of NAFLD, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD...

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Main Authors: Shunji Hirose, Koshi Matsumoto, Masayuki Tatemichi, Kota Tsuruya, Kazuya Anzai, Yoshitaka Arase, Koichi Shiraishi, Michiko Suzuki, Satsuki Ieda, Tatehiro Kagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241770