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Modelling the economic and clinical burden of non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis in East Asia: Data from Hong Kong

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Non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the progressive form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and prevalence is rising in Asia due to increasing rates of urbanization, sedentary lifestyles, and poor nutrition.
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This article is published in Hepatology Research.The article was published on 2020-06-14. It has received 38 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population & Steatohepatitis.

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Are there outcome differences between NAFLD and metabolic‐associated fatty liver disease?

TL;DR: Given the association of NAFLD with metabolic risks, a name change to MAFLD is proposed and the long‐term outcomes ofNAFLD andMAFLD are compared.
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Are There Outcomes Differences Between Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD)?

TL;DR: MAFLD and NAFLD have similar clinical profiles and long-term outcomes and the increased liver-related mortality among NAFLd is driven by IR and among MAFLD is primarily driven by ALD.
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Review article: the epidemiologic burden of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease across the world

TL;DR: The global prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing in parallel with obesity and type 2 diabetes as mentioned in this paper , however, NAFLD awareness remains low among patients and healthcare providers.
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Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—Meta‐analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes

TL;DR: As the global epidemic of obesity fuels metabolic conditions, the clinical and economic burden of NAFLD will become enormous, and random‐effects models were used to provide point estimates of prevalence, incidence, mortality and incidence rate ratios.
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New trends on obesity and NAFLD in Asia

TL;DR: The epidemiological trend of obesity in Asia is reviewed, with special emphasis on the emerging condition of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and pharmacological agents have entered phase III development for steatohepatitis.
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Disease progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective study with paired liver biopsies at 3 years

TL;DR: Investigating disease progression in patients with different degrees of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) activity found weight reduction is associated with non-progressive disease and fibrosis.
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