title: Epidemiology of fatty liver: an update.
abstract: We provide a concise review of the main epidemiological literature on fatty liver (FL) published between January 2011 and October 2013. The findings from the literature will be considered in light of the already available knowledge. We discuss the limitations inherent in the categorization of FL into non-alcoholic and alcoholic FL, the potential relevance of FL as an independent predictor of cardiometabolic disease, and recent research addressing the role of FL as an independent predictor of mortality. This review is organized as a series of answers to relevant questions about the epidemiology of FL.
authors.affiliation: Giorgio Bedogni, Claudio Tiribelli, Liver Research Center, Fondazione Italiana Fegato-ONLUS, 34013 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bedogni
authors.affiliation: Giorgio Bedogni, Claudio Tiribelli, Liver Research Center, Fondazione Italiana Fegato-ONLUS, 34013 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nobili
authors.affiliation: Giorgio Bedogni, Claudio Tiribelli, Liver Research Center, Fondazione Italiana Fegato-ONLUS, 34013 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tiribelli
mesh_terms: D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Epidemiology; Fatty liver
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