Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome on Mortality in Patients with Non-alcoholic and Alcohol-Related Fatty Liver Disease

Non-alcoholic and alcohol-related fatty liver disease are overlapping diseases in which metabolic syndrome and alcohol consumption each contribute to progressive liver disease. We aimed to assess the effects of alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome on mortality in individuals with fatty liver.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - November 23, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Zobair M. Younossi, Maria Stepanova, Janus Ong, Yusuf Yilmaz, Ajay Duseja, Yuichiro Eguchi, Mohamed El Kassas, Marlen Castellanos-Fernandez, Jacob George, Ira M. Jacobson, Elisabetta Bugianesi, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Marco Arrese, Victor de Ledinghen, Manu Source Type: research