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Editorial

https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2021.62.1

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease – a growing public health problem

Ivana Mikolašević ; Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Tajana Filipec Kanižaj ; Department of Gastroenterology, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Giovanni Targher ; Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy


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Abstract

Over the past years, the global burden of chronic liver diseases (CLDs) has been steadily increasing, irrespective of
age, sex, region, or race. The European Union (EU) countries have the highest CLDs burden in the world, with almost 30 million people suffering from CLDs (1,2). Unrecognized and often untreated, CLDs may progress to more
advanced stages, such as cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Global and country-specific estimates of the disability-adjusted life years and years of life
lost place cirrhosis within the top 20 causes (1)

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Hrčak ID:

278021

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/278021

Publication date:

25.2.2021.

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