Fatty liver in non‐alcoholic non‐overweight Japanese adults: Incidence and clinical characteristics

Abstract

In our study population, 21.8% had fatty liver diagnosed by USG, 9.3% were non-alcoholic with fatty liver, and 4.1% were non-alcoholic and non-overweight with fatty liver. Our results suggest that central body fat distribution can correlate with the development of fatty liver, and that measurement of percentage body fat is useful to assess the etiology of fatty liver in non-alcoholic and non-overweight participants, particularly women.