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The prevalence of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease in the Turkish population: a multicenter study

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Yılmaz, Yusuf
Yılmaz, Nimet
Ateş, Fehmi
Karakaya, Fatih
Gökcan, Hale
Kaya, Eda
Adali, Gupse
Kartal, Aysun Çalışkan
Şen, İlker
Özdemir, Seren

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Background and aim: the objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) in patients with dyspepsia. Materials and methods: a total of 909 consecutive patients who presented with dyspepsia at 8 tertiary care centers in Turkey between March 2019 and December 2019 were included. Results: the median age was 47 years. Among them, 30.3% of the patients were obese, 18.8% had type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), 35.1% had metabolic syndrome, 84.8% had dyslipidemia, and 23.9% had hypertension. The prevalence of MAFLD was 45.5%. Among the patients with MAFLD, the prevalence of obesity, T2DM, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, and hypertension was 43.3%, 24.9%, 52.5%, 92.3%, and 31.9%, respectively. MAFLD was significantly associated with all of the metabolic comorbidities (p<0.001). The median Fibrosis-4 Index score of the MAFLD patients was 0.88 (range: 0.1–9.5). Of note, 53 patients with hepatic steatosis did not meet the MAFLD criteria. Conclusion: the results of the present study indicated that there was a significantly high prevalence of MAFLD observed in daily clinical practice in Turkey. Early diagnosis and prevention efforts should be implemented to reduce disease progression, and a region-based strategy is recommended.

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Kare Yayıncılık

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Gastroenterology, Hepatology

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Hepatology Forum

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10.14744/hf.2021.2020.0033

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