Global burden of NAFLD 1990–2021 and projections to 2035: Results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021

Yuqin Mao; Jiqing Du; Baoguo Li; Jiong Wang; Shaoyan Xuan; Shu Yang; Zhihua Tang; Minxiu Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330504

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Global burden of NAFLD 1990–2021 and projections to 2035: Results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021

Yuqin Mao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuqin Mao, Jiqing Du, Baoguo Li

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Jiqing Du ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuqin Mao, Jiqing Du, Baoguo Li

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation School of Life and Health Technology, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China
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Baoguo Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuqin Mao, Jiqing Du, Baoguo Li

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Tianjian Laboratory of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Academy of Medical sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China, Innovation Center of Basic Research for Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease, Ministry of Education of China, Zhengzhou, China
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Jiong Wang,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Shaoyan Xuan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Shu Yang,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Zhihua Tang ,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: wmxstu123@163.com (MW); sxtzh@163.com (ZT)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Minxiu Wang

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: wmxstu123@163.com (MW); sxtzh@163.com (ZT)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6615-4297

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Global burden of NAFLD 1990–2021 and projections to 2035: Results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021

Yuqin Mao,
Jiqing Du,
Baoguo Li,
Jiong Wang,
Shaoyan Xuan,
Shu Yang,
Zhihua Tang,
Minxiu Wang

Published: August 22, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330504

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