Table 1.

Literature supporting increased incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosed in non-cirrhotic liver in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Ref.	Cases (n)	Other etiologies (n)	Cryptogenic cirrhosis (n)	Design
Marrero et al[25]	105	75	30	Population study
Bugianesi et al[20]	641	597	44	Retrospective case-control study
Regimbeau et al[26]	210	192	18	Case-control study
Lee et al[27]	480	446	34	Case-control study
Pekow et al[36]	32	32	-	Retrospective case-control study
Ascha et al[30]	89	64	25	Case-control study

HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.