Risk Factors for the Development of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, Including Genetics

Publication Date

2018

Journal Title

Clin Liver Dis

Abstract

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is emerging as the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. This trend is, in part, secondary, to the growing incidence of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Other risk factors include age, gender, race/ethnicity, genetic predisposition, and polycystic ovarian disease. With the introduction of genome-wide association studies, genetic mutations contributing to inherited susceptibility to steatosis have been identified, which hold keys to future improvement in diagnosis and management. This article expands on the aforementioned risk factors and summarizes the current available data on genetic and environmental factors associated with this common entity.

Volume Number

22

Issue Number

1

Pages

39 - 57

Document Type

Article

Status

Faculty

Facility

School of Medicine

Primary Department

Hepatology

Additional Departments

Science Education

PMID

29128060

DOI

10.1016/j.cld.2017.08.008

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