Tokyo, April 1 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000059523) titled 'A Study on the Current Status of Steatotic Liver Disease in East Asia' on April 1.
Study Type:
Observational
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Nagoya University
Condition:
Condition - Steatotic Liver Disease
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - The global prevalence of fatty liver disease has been increasing with lifestyle changes, and it can progress to cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma if untreated. Recently, new definitions, MASLD, MASH, MetALD, and ALD have been proposed to better reflect the link with metabolic dysfunction. However, their characteri...