Table 4.

Age-standardized mortality^* by presence of NAFLD in three studies

	NHANES III Population Based Cohort		Olmsted County Case Series		Cleveland Clinic Case Series
	Reference (n=6594)	Suspected NAFLD (n=980)	Imaging (n=284)	Biopsy (n=53)	Biopsy (n=120)
All-cause Mortality	129 (118 – 140)	154 (116 – 198)	156 (102 – 221)	474 (284 – 705)	426 (298 – 573)
Cardiovascular Disease	44 (39 – 50)	43 (24 – 67)	56 (26 – 95)	19 (0 – 52)	87 (32 – 161)
Malignant Neoplasm	37 (32 – 43)	40 (23 – 61)	10 (2–22)	259 (122 – 438)	112 (50 – 195)
Liver Disease	1 (1 – 2)	5 (0 – 12)	26 (7 – 53)	35 (4 – 84)	62 (27 – 107)

^*directly standardized to the 2000 U.S. population, ages 35–84 years