ea0077p58 | Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes | SFEBES2021
Izzi-Engbeaya Chioma
, Forlano Roberta
, Mullish Benjamin H
, Tan Tricia M
, Yee Michael
, Manousou Pinelopi
, Dhillo Tricia S
Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), encompasses hepatic steatosis alone (NAFL), steatohepatitis (NASH), NAFL/NASH with fibrosis and cirrhosis. Severe fibrosis and cirrhosis are associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality (due to cardiovascular events, end-stage liver failure and cancer). Postmenopausal women are a high-risk group of patients that have worse outcomes, but the specific factors that place them at higher risk are incompletely under...