New (incident) cases of NAFLD worldwide in 2021

48.35 million

people per year, worldwide

“Globally, the incident cases of NAFLD increased by 94% between 1990 and 2021, from 24.86 million to 48.35 million.”

Mao et al., Global burden of NAFLD 1990-2021 and projections to 2035: Results from the GBD study 2021, PLoS One 2025, 2025

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Peer-reviewed study

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What to know

GBD 2021 modelled estimate; the quote is from the open full text. A meta-analysis (Riazi et al., Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022) gives 46.9 cases per 1000 person-years in adults from 5 countries.

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