Differential Cardiometabolic Risk Profiles of Lean and Obese Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Longitudinal Health Checkup Cohort Study.
BACKGROUND Lean metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is increasingly recognized. Whether it represents a distinct entity or a phenotype within the MASLD spectrum remains unclear. We examined differences in risk factor contribution and metabolic trajectories. METHODS In a longitudinal healt...