Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Claude Moore Health Education and Research Building, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA.
Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Claude Moore Health Education and Research Building, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA; Department of Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA.
Clin Liver Dis. 2016 May;20(2):205-14. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2015.10.001. Epub 2015 Dec 14.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common cause of chronic liver disease with increasing prevalence, which can progress to cirrhosis and liver failure. Because of the obesity epidemic and increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome, NAFLD and its progressive form, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, are seen more commonly in different parts of the world. This article reviews the worldwide epidemiology of NAFLD and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The PubMed database was used to identify studies related to epidemiology of NAFLD in the adult population. It is estimated that the epidemic of obesity will continue to fuel the burden of NAFLD and its long-term complications.
非酒精性脂肪性肝病（NAFLD）是一种常见的慢性肝病，其发病率不断增加，可进展为肝硬化和肝衰竭。由于肥胖症的流行和代谢综合征的发病率不断上升，NAFLD 及其进展形式——非酒精性脂肪性肝炎，在世界不同地区更为常见。本文综述了 NAFLD 和非酒精性脂肪性肝炎的全球流行病学。利用 PubMed 数据库，检索与成人 NAFLD 流行病学相关的研究。据估计，肥胖症的流行将继续加剧 NAFLD 及其长期并发症的负担。
