Open AccessPrevalence and risk factors of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis
Author(s) -
Péter Hoffmann,
Victoria Jung,
Rouven Behnisch,
Annika Gauss
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v26.i46.7367
Subject(s) - nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , cross sectional study , inflammatory bowel disease , medicine , fatty liver , gastroenterology , inflammatory bowel diseases , ulcerative colitis , disease , pathology
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common in the German population, with an even higher prevalence in inflammatory bowel disease patients.