Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common liver-related complication in patients with histopathologically-confirmed NAFLD in Japan

Table 5 Mortality in patients with NAFLD, without previous and current malignancies

Cause of death	n/N (%)^a	1000 person years
Overall	8/351 (2.3%)	3.33
Liver-related events	3/351 (0.9%)	1.25
Cardiovascular events	1/351 (0.3%)	0.42
Malignancies events except for hepatocellular carcinoma	2/351 (0.6%)	0.83
Other events	2/351 (0.6%)	0.83

^an; number of events. N; number of patients, not having, or having had, the respective event simultaneously or previously to the time of NAFLD diagnosis

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