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There have been reports linking nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with gallstone disease (GD) owing to shared risk factors. However, there are no reported associations between the different NAFLD grades and GD. This study aimed to determine whether NAFLD grade is an independent risk factor for GD in a Korean population.This study enrolled 7886 participants who completed a questionnaire and underwent medical examination and ultrasound scanning at the Health Promotion Center of Jeju National University Hospital in Korea, from January 2009 to December 2017. Fatty liver grading and presence of gallstones were investigated using abdominal ultrasound. Body mass index and biochemical parameters were measured, and age, sex, and metabolic syndrome status were collected from medical records. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify risk factors for GD.The estimated prevalences of NAFLD and GD were 40.6% and 4.5%, respectively. In the univariate analysis, factors associated with GD were age; NAFLD; presence of metabolic syndrome; and levels of fasting blood glucose, high-density lipoproteins, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed older age and higher NAFLD grade as independent risk factors for GD.Older age and higher grade of NAFLD were independent risk factors for GD in our cohort. There was a strong correlation between grade of NAFLD on abdominal ultrasonography and GD.

The grade of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is an independent risk factor for gallstone disease