UEG Week 2023 : Babies with a low birthweight four times more likely to develop fatty liver disease in later life

(Adnkronos) – COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A groundbreaking new study, presented today at UEG Week 2023, has discovered a significant connection between birthweight and the onset of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, now known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), in young people. Notably, babies with a low birthweight were found to be four times more likely to develop MASLD in childhood, adolescence or young adulthood. Researchers conducted a population-based case-control study of all people aged 25 years and younger, who had been diagnosed with MASLD between January 1992 and April 2017, totalling 165 cases. Each individual with MASLD was matched with up to five controls from the general population based on age, sex, calendar year and county of residence. Individuals born with a low birthweight (

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