JUL 25, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Steatotic liver disease subtypes and risk of hospitalization for sepsis: a nationwide cohort study.
Annals of Medicine
Large nationwide retrospective cohort with 4.4 million participants, 10-year follow-up, hard clinical endpoint (sepsis hospitalization), and multivariable adjustment showing distinct dose-response relationships across SLD subtypes with consistent results in sensitivity analyses.
Reported
MASLD sepsis incidence3.11 per 1,000 person-years
MetALD sepsis incidence2.25 per 1,000 person-years
ALD sepsis incidence4.49 per 1,000 person-years