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Table 2 Incidence of liver events, cardiovascular events and type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with NAFLD

From: Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common liver-related complication in patients with histopathologically-confirmed NAFLD in Japan

Events

n/N (%)a

1000 person years

Liver-related eventsb

10/364 (2.8%)

4.17

 Hepatocellular carcinoma

9/373 (2.4%)

3.67

 Hepatic encephalopathy

4/373 (1.1%)

1.60

 Esophago-gastric varices

6/368 (1.6%)

2.43

 Ascites

2/371 (0.5%)

0.80

 Jaundice

1/371 (0.3%)

0.40

Cardiovascular events

14/391 (3.6%)

5.73

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

19/273 (7.0%)

9.95

Malignancies except for hepatocellular carcinoma

21/369 (5.7%)

8.93

  1. an; number of events. N; number of patients, not having, or having had, the respective event simultaneously or previously to the time of NAFLD diagnosis
  2. bLiver-related events were evaluated in patients, without previous or current hepatocellular carcinoma at the time of NAFLD diagnosis