Last updated on February 2018

Fatty Liver Disease Collaborative Research in China

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Brief description of study

A multi-center, prospective cohort study on the natural history of fatty liver disease in China

Detailed Study Description

This is a multicenter, prospective and open-enrollment epidemiologic study. All the patients with liver biopsy-proven macrovesicular steatosis (>5%) will be enrolled in the baseline cross-sectional analysis. Those who are either diagnosed as NAFLD or ALD, if meeting all the inclusion and exclusion criteria, will be enrolled in the following cohort study, will be followed up after 1 year, 3 years and 5 years with a visit window of +1 month.