MAFLD - a new approach to fatty liver disease
Fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction (MAFLD) is a term introduced in 2020 to refer to fatty liver disease associated with systemic metabolic dysregulation. The name change from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction...
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Fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction (MAFLD) is a term introduced in 2020 to refer to fatty liver disease associated with systemic metabolic dysregulation. The name change from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction (MAFLD) was proposed to focus on the bidirectional interaction between fatty liver disease and metabolic changes and to emphasize the need to evaluate fatty liver disease independently of alcohol consumption and other comorbid causes of liver disease. Fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction (MAFLD) affects approximately 25% of the general population and more than 50% of patients with metabolic disorders. This new concept of MAFLD may have a broad impact on patients, physicians, healthcare professionals, and various stakeholders regarding fatty liver disease. In this way, MAFLD may influence clinical practice and increase awareness regarding fatty liver disease. This paper identifies differences between the MAFLD and NAFLD diagnoses, areas of benefit, potential limitations, and how the MAFLD terminology has opened up new areas of research.
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| spelling | doaj-art-950d711cb0ec4e748512c39353c272052025-08-20T02:15:12ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062025-05-018010.12775/JEHS.2025.80.60039MAFLD - a new approach to fatty liver diseaseBorys Łozowski0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-040XKinga Brzuszkiewcz-Łozowska1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3941-027XMonika Kułaga2https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3949-2124Anna Kasprzak3https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1491-245XMonika Grzybekhttps://orcid.org/0009-0003-2246-800XDiana Mazur-Lesińska4https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2489-9100Barbara Szostak5https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8035-7584Sylwia Wielgosz-Biała6https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0567-5998Krzysztof Tyszkiewicz7https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0208-2286Barbara Wilczyńska8https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4939-7550Małgorzata Kasprzak9https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3791-1632Department of Gastroenterology, Independent Public Clinical Hospital No 4 in Lublin, Doktora Kazimierza Jaczewskiego 8, 20-954 LublinMedical University of Lublin, Doktora Kazimierza Jaczewskiego 8, 20-954 LublinStefan Cardinal Wyszyński Provincial Specialist Hospital SPZOZ in Lublin, al. Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 LublinStefan Cardinal Wyszyński Provincial Specialist Hospital SPZOZ in Lublin, al. Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 LublinStefan Cardinal Wyszyński Provincial Specialist Hospital SPZOZ in Lublin, al. Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 LublinStefan Cardinal Wyszyński Provincial Specialist Hospital SPZOZ in Lublin, al. Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 LublinStefan Cardinal Wyszyński Provincial Specialist Hospital SPZOZ in Lublin, al. Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 LublinStefan Cardinal Wyszyński Provincial Specialist Hospital SPZOZ in Lublin, al. Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 LublinUniversity Children's Hospital in Lublin, Profesora Antoniego Gębali 6, 20-093 LublinStefan Cardinal Wyszyński Provincial Specialist Hospital SPZOZ in Lublin, al. Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 Lublin Fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction (MAFLD) is a term introduced in 2020 to refer to fatty liver disease associated with systemic metabolic dysregulation. The name change from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction (MAFLD) was proposed to focus on the bidirectional interaction between fatty liver disease and metabolic changes and to emphasize the need to evaluate fatty liver disease independently of alcohol consumption and other comorbid causes of liver disease. Fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction (MAFLD) affects approximately 25% of the general population and more than 50% of patients with metabolic disorders. This new concept of MAFLD may have a broad impact on patients, physicians, healthcare professionals, and various stakeholders regarding fatty liver disease. In this way, MAFLD may influence clinical practice and increase awareness regarding fatty liver disease. This paper identifies differences between the MAFLD and NAFLD diagnoses, areas of benefit, potential limitations, and how the MAFLD terminology has opened up new areas of research. https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/60039MAFLDNAFLDsteatohepatitisdiagnostic criteriaobesityliver diseases |
| spellingShingle | Borys Łozowski Kinga Brzuszkiewcz-Łozowska Monika Kułaga Anna Kasprzak Monika Grzybek Diana Mazur-Lesińska Barbara Szostak Sylwia Wielgosz-Biała Krzysztof Tyszkiewicz Barbara Wilczyńska Małgorzata Kasprzak MAFLD - a new approach to fatty liver disease Journal of Education, Health and Sport MAFLD NAFLD steatohepatitis diagnostic criteria obesity liver diseases |
| title | MAFLD - a new approach to fatty liver disease |
| title_full | MAFLD - a new approach to fatty liver disease |
| title_fullStr | MAFLD - a new approach to fatty liver disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | MAFLD - a new approach to fatty liver disease |
| title_short | MAFLD - a new approach to fatty liver disease |
| title_sort | mafld a new approach to fatty liver disease |
| topic | MAFLD NAFLD steatohepatitis diagnostic criteria obesity liver diseases |
| url | https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/60039 |
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