Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the United States: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Johns Hopkins University · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Previous estimates of the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the US population relied on measures of liver enzymes, potentially underestimating the burden of this disease. We used ultrasonography data from 12,454 adults who participated in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted in the United States from 1988 to 1994. We defined NAFLD as the presence of hepatic steatosis on ultrasonography in the absence of elevated alcohol consumption. In the US population, the rates of prevalence of hepatic steatosis and NAFLD were 21.4% and 19.0%, respectively, corresponding to estimates of 32.5 (95% confidence interval: 29.9, 35.0) million adults with hepatic steatosis…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 48.92
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 43
Authors
9- MLMariana LazoCorresponding
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Johns Hopkins University, Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's HealthCare, Johns Hopkins Medicine, National Center for Health Statistics, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
- RHRubén Hernáez
Johns Hopkins University, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
- MSMark S. Eberhardt
- SBSusanne Bonekamp
Johns Hopkins University
- IRIhab R. Kamel
Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Topics & keywords
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- Medicine
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Steatosis
- Fatty liver
- Population
- Body mass index
- Diabetes mellitus
- Zero hunger