title: Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Meta-analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine and Outpatient Liver Clinic, NOCSAE Baggiovara, Azienda USL di Modena, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lonardo
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Southampton, Southampton National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Caldwell
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cortez-Pinto
authors.affiliation: Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Verona and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Targher
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors