Fatty liver disease is the common form of Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), whereas very extreme form of NAFLD is termed as Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). NASH is characterized by deposition of fat with 5%-10% of liver weight in liver of people who drink very little or no drinking leading to inflammation and scarring of liver, with obesity and diabetes regarded as main causes of NAFLD.
The progress of fatty liver to NASH is estimated to be only 1.7 per 1000 person, so not all NAFLD results into NASH. The DIONYSOS study revealed that the frequency of NAFLD remission was 55 per 1000 person per year. In US and Japan the incidences of hepatocellular carcin...
