A multisociety Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature

Rinella, Mary E.; Lazarus, Jeffrey V.; Ratziu, Vlad; Francque, Sven; Sanyal, Arun J.; Kanwal, Fasiha; Romero, Diana; Abdelmalek, Manal F.; Anstee, Quentin M.; Arab, Juan Pablo; Arrese, Marco; Bataller, Ramón; Beuers, Ulrich; Boursier, Jérôme; Bugianesi, Elisabetta; Byrne, Christopher D.; Castro‐Narro, Graciela; Chowdhury, Abhijit; Cortez‐Pinto, Helena; Cryer, Donna R.; Cusi, Kenneth; El‐Kassas, Mohamed; Klein, Samuel; Eskridge, Wayne; Fan, Jian‐Gao; Gawrieh, Samer; Guy, Cynthia D.; Harrison, Stephen A.; Kim, Seung Up; Koot, Bart G.P.; Korenjak, Marko; Kowdley, Kris V.; Lacaille, Florence; Loomba, Rohit; Mitchell-Thain, Robert; Morgan, Timothy R.; Powell, Elisabeth E.; Roden, Michael; Romero‐Gómez, Manuel; Silva, Marcelo; Singh, Shivaram Prasad; Sookoian, Silvia; Spearman, C Wendy; Tiniakos, Dina; Valenti, Luca; Vos, Miriam B.; Wong, Vincent Wai‐Sun; Xanthakos, Stavra A.; Yılmaz, Yusuf; Younossi, Zobair M.; Hobbs, Ansley; Villota‐Rivas, Marcela; Newsome, Philip N.

doi:10.1016/j.aohep.2023.101133

reviewAnnals of HepatologyJun 24, 2023GOLD OA

A multisociety Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature

MEMary E. Rinella JVJeffrey V. Lazarus VRVlad Ratziu SFSven Francque AJArun J. Sanyal

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Abstract

The principal limitations of the terms NAFLD and NASH are the reliance on exclusionary confounder terms and the use of potentially stigmatising language. This study set out to determine if content experts and patient advocates were in favor of a change in nomenclature and/or definition. A modified Delphi process was led by three large pan-national liver associations. The consensus was defined a priori as a supermajority (67%) vote. An independent committee of experts external to the nomenclature process made the final recommendation on the acronym and its diagnostic criteria. A total of 236 panelists from 56 countries participated in 4 online surveys and 2 hybrid meetings. Response rates across the 4 survey…

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Medicine
Statement (logic)
Nomenclature
Consensus conference
Delphi
MEDLINE
Fatty liver
Disease

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