The Association Between Obesity, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), and Diabetes

Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly becoming the most common cause of chronic liver disease due to an increase in the prevalence of obesity. NAFLD is associated with cardiometabolic morbidity including diabetes. In this study we analyzed the association between diabetes a...

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Published in:Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Md.), 2022-11, Vol.30, p.162-162
Main Authors: Hong, Sangmo, Han, Byoungduck, Park, Jung, Yu, Sung, Lee, Ki Young, Lee, Chang Beom
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Language:English
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Diabetes
Liver diseases
Obesity
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Summary:Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly becoming the most common cause of chronic liver disease due to an increase in the prevalence of obesity. NAFLD is associated with cardiometabolic morbidity including diabetes. In this study we analyzed the association between diabetes and NAFLD, obesity. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using nationally representative samples of 8,812 subjects from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2010-2011. Subjects were defined as having NAFLD with fatty liver index ≥60. Obesity was defined by BMI (>= 25.0 kg/m2). Results: The prevalence of NAFLD was 1.4% among subjects without obesity and 30.1% among subjects with obesity. After adjusting for multiple risk factors, a logistic regression analysis was performed. Obesity was associated with NAFLD (HR=30.62 95% CI 24.2-38.6, p
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