Non-invasive predictors of prognosis of Asian patients with histopathologically-confirmed lean nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Table 4 causes of mortality in patients with NAFLD

Cause of death	Overall		Lean NAFLD^a		Non-lean NAFLD^b
Cause of death	n/N (%)	1000 person years	n/N (%)	1000 person years	n/N (%)	1000 person years
Overall	9/360 (2.5%)	3.31	4/132 (3.0%)	3.32	5/228 (2.2%)	3.31
Liver-related events	5/360 (1.4%)	1.84	3/132 (2.3%)	2.49	2/228 (0.9%)	1.32
Non-liver malignancies	2/360 (0.6%)	0.74	1/132 (0.8%)	0.83	1/228 (0.4%)	0.66
Other events *	2/360 (0.6%)	0.74	0/132 (0.0%)	0.00	2/228 (0.9%)	1.32

n; number of events. N; number of patients with or without the respective event at the time of NAFLD diagnosis
^aLean NAFLD, BMI < 25.0 kg/m², ^bnon-lean NAFLD, BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m²
^*Sepsis and interstitial pneumonia

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