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Non alcoholic fatty liver disease in southern Iran: a population based study.

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NAFLD in Iranian population is associated with male gender, old age, obesity, and features of metabolic syndrome, and patients with NAFLD had significantly higher prevalence of metabolic Syndrome when compared to healthy subjects.
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Background Population based studies on prevalence and risk factors of NAFLD in Iranian population are few. The prevalence of NAFLD and non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in Iranians varies from 2.9% to 7.1% in general population and 55.8% in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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Nonobese Fatty Liver Disease

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Prevalence of obesity and overweight in adults and children in Iran; a systematic review.

TL;DR: The national reported prevalence of obesity in Iran was not considerably diverse, but remarkable differences were seen in the sub national prevalence which must be noticed more in political health programs especially among women and children.
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The Riddle of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Progression From Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.

TL;DR: The triggers implicated in disease progression from NAFL to NASH are highlighted, specifically the triggers of genes, dietary factors, innate immunity, cytokines and gut microbiome.
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Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Economy

TL;DR: It is suggested that countries with higher economic status tend to present a higher prevalence of NAFLD, and male prevalence and rural prevalence individually were correlated with economic status.
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Prevalence of hepatic steatosis in an urban population in the United States: Impact of ethnicity

TL;DR: The prevalence of hepatic steatosis was greater in men than women among whites, but not in blacks or Hispanics, and significant ethnic and sex differences in the prevalence may have a profound impact on susceptibility to Steatosis‐related liver disease.
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The NAFLD fibrosis score: A noninvasive system that identifies liver fibrosis in patients with NAFLD

TL;DR: A simple scoring system accurately separates patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with and without advanced fibrosis, rendering liver biopsy for identification ofAdvanced fibrosis unnecessary in a substantial proportion of patients.
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Summary of an AASLD Single Topic Conference

TL;DR: The research agenda for the future includes establishing the role of insulin resistance and abnormal lipoprotein metabolism in NASH, determining the pathogenesis of cellular injury, defining predisposing genetic abnormalities, identifying better noninvasive predictors of disease, and defining effective therapy.
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Prevalence of and risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: The Dionysos nutrition and liver study†‡

TL;DR: NAFLD is highly prevalent in the general population, is not associated with SLD, but is associated with many features of the metabolic syndrome.
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