Table 1. The prevalence of NAFLD and NASH in patients with diabetes.
Study | Study population | Diagnostic methods | Categories | Prevalence, % |
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Mohan et al. (2009) [16] | In 132 Indian adults with diabetes | US | NAFLD | 54.5 |
Kim et al. (2014) [17] | In 4,437 Korean patients with T2DM | US | NAFLD | 72.7 |
Targher et al. (2007) [18] | In 2,839 Italian patients with T2DM | US | NAFLD | 69.5 |
Portillo-Sanchez et al. (2015) [11] | In 103 American patients with diabetes with normal plasma aminotransferases | 1H-MRS | NAFLD | 50 |
Williams et al. (2011) [13] | In 54 biopsied patients with diabetes | Liver biopsy | NASH | 22 |
Hyysalo et al. (2014) [12] | In 115 biopsied participants in in the Finnish population-based D2D-study | Liver biopsy | NASH | 17.6 |
Kim et al. (2014) [15] | In 929 Korean patients with diabetes | US | NAFLD | 63.3 |
US, ultrasonography; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; 1H-MRS, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; NASH, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.