NAFLD or MAFLD: Which Has Closer Association With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality?—Results From NHANES III

Background: The recent change of terminology from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has raised heated discussion. We aim to investigate the association of MAFLD or NAFLD with all-cause and cause-specific mortality to compare the...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Medicine
Main Authors:	Qi Huang, Xiantong Zou, Xin Wen, Xianghai Zhou, Linong Ji
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Subjects:	NAFLD MAFLD mortality NHANES diagnosis
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.693507/full