NAFLD fibrosis score: A prognostic predictor for mortality and liver complications among NAFLD patients

Table 3 Causes of mortality in 39 patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Causes of death	All causes mortality n (% of death)	All causes mortality (% of 302 patients)
Non-liver cancer	13 (33.3)	4.3%
Coronary heart disease	8 (20.5)	2.6%
Liver-related mortality (inclu- ding hepatocellular carcinoma)	5 (12.8)	1.7%
Infection (including sepsis)	4 (10.3)	1.3%
Stroke	3 (7.7)	1.0%
Cardiac arrhythmia	2 (5.1)	0.7%
COPD and/or respiratory failure	2 (5.1)	0.7%
Other causes of death (GI bleeding, renal failure)	2 (5.1)	0.7%
Total	39 (100)	12.9%

COPD: Chronic obstructive lung disease; GI: Gastrointestinal.