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Author Topic: Liver Fibrosis Tied to Poorer Health Outlook in Those With Fatty Liver Disease  (Read 10979 times)

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Among people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the presence of liver fibrosis (scarring) is associated with poorer liver-related health outcomes as well as a higher risk of death, MedPage Today reports. This finding from a recent review and meta-analysis of numerous studies also held true for the subset of those people with the more severe form of fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Rod Taylor, PhD, MSc, of the University of Glasgow, and colleagues analyzed data from 13 published studies, including one randomized controlled trial and 12 observational cohort studies, that between them included 4,428 people with NAFLD. Among this group were 2,875 people with NASH.

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