Epidemiology and pathophysiology of the association between NAFLD and metabolically healthy or metabolically unhealthy obesity

The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is continuing to rise in many countries, paralleling the epidemic of obesity worldwide. In the last years, the concept of metabolically healthy obesity [MHO, generally defined as obesity without metabolic syndrome (MetS)] has raised consider...

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Main Authors: Amedeo Lonardo, Alessandro Mantovani, Simonetta Lugari, Giovanni Targher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
MHO
MUO
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268120300235