Prevalence and Risk Factors for the Development of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Nonobese Chinese Population: the Zhejiang Zhenhai Study

OBJECTIVES: The precise prevalence and risk factors for the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in nonobese adults remains unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of NAFLD and risk factors for its development in a nonobese Chinese population. METHODS: We firstly investigated the prevalence and factors associated with the presence of NAFLD in nonobese (body mass index (BMI) <25 kg/m2) Chinese...