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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2020; 26(42): 6514-6528
Published online Nov 14, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i42.6514
Published online Nov 14, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i42.6514
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in lean subjects: Prognosis, outcomes and management
Lampros Chrysavgis, Evangelos Cholongitas, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Athens 11527, Greece
Eleftheria Ztriva, Adonis Protopapas, Konstantinos Tziomalos, First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki 54636, Greece
Author contributions: Chrysavgis L, Ztriva E, Protopapas A, Tziomalos K and Cholongitas E contributed to this paper; Chrysavgis L, Ztriva E, Protopapas A and Tziomalos K wrote the paper; Cholongitas E made critical revisions to the manuscript and final approved the version of the article to be published.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflict of interest to disclose with respect to this review.
Corresponding author: Evangelos Cholongitas, MD, Associate Professor, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Agiou Thoma 17, Athens 11527, Greece. cholongitas@yahoo.gr
Received: August 30, 2020
Peer-review started: August 30, 2020
First decision: September 12, 2020
Revised: September 24, 2020
Accepted: October 20, 2020
Article in press: October 20, 2020
Published online: November 14, 2020
Processing time: 74 Days and 21.7 Hours
Peer-review started: August 30, 2020
First decision: September 12, 2020
Revised: September 24, 2020
Accepted: October 20, 2020
Article in press: October 20, 2020
Published online: November 14, 2020
Processing time: 74 Days and 21.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Affecting approximately one fourth of the global population, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the predominant cause of chronic liver disease and for many years it was considered as a disease affecting only obese people. However, a significant proportion of non-obese or even lean individuals develop NAFLD. Therefore, it is of great interest to discuss the differences in prognosis, metabolic profiles and outcomes as well as the current management of lean NAFLD patients as compared with both obese NAFLD patients and lean healthy controls.