Table 2.

Included studies on prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in South Asia.

Country	Reference	Type	Population category	Mode of diagnosis
1) Bangladesh	Alam et al., 201816	Cross sectional	Urban and rural community	Ultrasound
2) Bangladesh	Rahman et al., 202018	Cross sectional	Rural community	Ultrasound
3) India	Amarapurkar et al., 200720	Cross sectional	Urban community	Ultrasound
4) India	Das et al., 201013	Prospective cohort study	Rural community	Ultrasound & CT
5) India	Vendhan et al., 2014a22	Retrospective cohort study	Hospital	Ultrasound
6) India	Majumdar et al., 201624	Cross sectional	Rural community	Ultrasound
7) India	Anurag et al., 201525	Cross sectional	Hospital	Ultrasound
8) India	Ajmal et al., 201426	Cross sectional	Hospital	Ultrasound
9) India	Mohan et al., 200911	Cross sectional	Urban community	Ultrasound
10) India	Vendhan et al., 2014b10	Cross sectional	Urban community	Ultrasound
11) India	Rajput & Ahlawat, 201928	Cross sectional	Hospital	Ultrasound
12) India	Harsha Varma et al., 201930	Cross sectional	Hospital	Ultrasound
13) India	Atri et al., 202031	Cross sectional	Hospital	Ultrasound
14) Nepal	Paudel et al., 201933	Cross sectional	Urban community	Ultrasound
15) Pakistan	Iftikhar et al., 201534	Cross sectional	Hospital	Ultrasound
16) Pakistan	Hamid et al., 201937	Cross sectional	Hospital	Ultrasound
17) Pakistan	Abbas et al., 201338	Cross sectional	Urban community	Ultrasound
18) Pakistan	Taseer et al., 200939	Cross sectional	Hospital	Ultrasound
19) Sri Lanka	Pinidiyapathirage et al., 201114	Cross sectional	Rural community	Ultrasound
20) Sri Lanka	H. M. M. Herath et al., 201940	Cross sectional	Hospital	Ultrasound
21) Sri Lanka	Dassanayake et al., 200915	Prospective cohort study	Urban community	Ultrasound
22) Sri Lanka	Perera et al., 201642	Cross sectional study	Hospital	Ultrasound