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ReviewAustralian prescriber2026

Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: an update.

Richard O'Halloran, Leon A Adams, Gary Deed, John S Lubel

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Review in Australian prescriber, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Richard O'HalloranSir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4607-3438
Leon A AdamsSir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-7909
Gary DeedSir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6914-0982
John S LubelSir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0828-0572

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) affects 1 in 3 Australian adults and is an under-recognised but growing cause of liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation. There is a major role for primary care in MAFLD prevention, diagnosis and management. Adults with obesity, type 2 diabetes or other metabolic risk factors should be assessed for MAFLD. Liver ultrasound is the recommended first-line test for diagnosing hepatic steatosis (fat accumulation in hepatocytes). Management of MAFLD includes noninvasive testing for liver fibrosis, addressing health risk behaviours and comorbidities, and hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in those with liver cirrhosis.

Indexed as

cirrhosisfatty liverMAFLDmetabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver diseasemetabolic syndromeobesitytype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID42022256
PMCPMC13095493

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