Long term follow-up and liver-related death rate in patients with non-alcoholic and alcoholic related fatty liver disease

Few studies have compared the prognosis and liver-related mortality in patients with NAFLD (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease) and AFLD (alcoholic fatty liver disease). We aimed to investigate the etiology and liver-related mortality of patients with liver biopsy verified fatty liver disease in a population based setting.In this retrospective study, all patients who underwent a liver biopsy 1984-2009 at the National University Hospital of Iceland...