Table 3 Summary of original studies reporting risk of liver disease associated with diabetes mellitus

From: The burden and risks of emerging complications of diabetes mellitus

Study

Diabetes mellitus type

Study type included (n)

Outcome

Risk associated with diabetes mellitus (95% confidence interval)

Pang et al. (2018)107

All

Cohort (512,891)

NAFLD

HR 1.76 (1.47–2.16)

Li et al. (2017)108

T2DM

Cohort (18,111)

NAFLD

OR 1.40 (1.22–1.62)

Loomba et al. (2012)113

All

Cross-sectional (1,069)

NASH

OR 1.93 (1.37–2.73)

Liver fibrosis

OR 3.31 (2.26–4.85)

  1. HR, hazard ratio; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; OR, odds ratio; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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