Burden of NAFLD in Canada

M. G. Swain et al. (University of Calgary, Canada) used a Markov model to forecast the burden of disease of NAFLD and NASH among Canadians with NAFLD from 2019 to 2030. The model projected that the number of NAFLD cases would increase by 20% between 2019 and 2030. Increasing rates of obesity ...
PUBLISHED IN: CMAJ Open 2020

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M. G. Swain et al. (University of Calgary, Canada) used a Markov model to forecast the burden of disease of NAFLD and NASH among Canadians with NAFLD from 2019 to 2030.

The model projected that the number of NAFLD cases would increase by 20% between 2019 and 2030. Increasing rates of obesity translate into increasing NAFLD-related cases of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and related mortality.

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Dr. G. Bozet, MD

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