Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease burden & #8211; Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, 2017 & #8211;2030

Conclusions: Continued high rates of adult obesity and DM, in combination with aging populations, suggest that advanced liver disease and mortality attributable to NAFLD/NASH will increase across both countries. Reducing the growth of the NAFLD population, along with potential therapeutic options, will be needed to reduce liver disease burden.

Source: The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology - July 27, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Khalid Alswat Abdulrahman A Aljumah Faisal M Sanai Faisal Abaalkhail Mohamed Alghamdi Waleed K Al Hamoudi Abdullah Al Khathlan Huda Al Quraishi Ahmed Al Rifai Mohamed Al Zaabi Mohamed A Babatin Chris Estes Almoutaz Hashim Homie Razavi Source Type: research