Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease explains chronic-liver-disease-related mortality

Alcoholic liver disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are the leading etiologies for chronic liver disease chronic-liver-disease-related deaths in the United States over the last decade, according to the results of a new study.

The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease— a spectrum that includes bland steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, cirrhosis (including crypto-genic cirrhosis), and hepatocellular carcinoma—is increasing in the United States and worldwide, alongside the epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Additionally, chronic liver disease stands as an important cause of mortality and morbidity in both the United States and around the world.

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