Lean non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and development of diabetes: a cohort study

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition associated with multiple metabolic abnormalities, is frequently observed in normal weight individuals (lean NAFLD). The metabolic consequences of lean NAFLD, however, are not well characterized. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the risk of incident diabetes in lean NAFLD.This is a cohort study of 51,463 adults without diabetes, history of liver disease or cancer at baseline who...