Articulo
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease risk factors in Latin American Populations: Current Scenario and Perspectives
Clinical Liver disease
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Autor
Pinto-Marques Souza de Oliveira, Claudia
Pinchemel-Cotrim, Helma
Arrese-Jiménez, Marco Antonio
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Resumen
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most common liver disease worldwide with an estimated global prevalence rate of 24% to 25%.1 NAFLD burden is already significant, but due to the continuously growing rates of adult obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and population aging trends, NAFLD-related liver disease and mortality will likely increase throughout the world over the next decades.2 NAFLD is highly prevalent on all continents, but regional differences have been noted, with South America (31%) and the Middle East (32%) having the highest rates of disease and Africa exhibiting the lowest prevalence (14%).1 In this review, we examine the existing evidence regarding potential regional and/or racial peculiarities of NAFLD in Latin America. Regular 2015 FONDECYT FONDECYT