Cholecystectomy is independently associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in an Asian population

Figure 1 Prevalence of disease in subjects with or without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. A: Prevalence of cholecystectomy, gallstones, and gallstone disease in subjects with and without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Cholecystectomy, gallstones, and gallstone disease were more commonly observed in subjects with NAFLD compared with subjects without NAFLD (P < 0.001 for all); B: The prevalence of NAFLD in the control, cholecystectomy, gallstone, and gallstone disease groups. NAFLD was significantly more likely in the cholecystectomy, gallstone and gallstone disease groups compared with the control group (all P < 0.001). NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.