Multicausality in fatty liver disease: Is there a rationale to distinguish between alcoholic and non-alcoholic origin?

Figure 3 Metabolic syndrome and increased serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in the general population of Northeast Germany. Data are taken from the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania. The columns indicate the proportions of metabolic syndrome (MetS), increased serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT > 6%), the combined presence of both risk factors in all subjects (970 men, 685 women) and subjects with a hyperechogenic pattern on liver ultrasound (486 men, 288 women), in whom at least one of both risk factors was present.