Metabolic associated fatty liver disease increases coronavirus disease 2019 disease severity in nondiabetic patients

F. Gao, Kenneth I Zheng, Xiaobo Wang, Huadong Yan, Qing-Feng Sun, Ke-Hua Pan, Ting-Yao Wang, Yong-Ping Chen, J. George, M. Zheng

Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has attracted increasing worldwide attention. While diabetes is known to aggravate COVID‐19 severity, it is not known whether nondiabetic patients with metabolic dysfunction are also more prone to more severe disease. The association of metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) with COVID‐19 severity in nondiabetic patients was investigated here.

Cited by 40 publications.

Field of study: Medicine

10.1111/jgh.15112