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We hypothesized that exposure to SAM, especially severe wasting, is associated with fatty liver later in life. In this observational study, abdominal CT was used to quantify mean liver attenuation (MLA) and liver:spleen attenuation ratio (L\/S). Birth weight (BW), serum lipids, insulin resistance (homeostatic model assessment), anthropometry and intrabdominal fat were collected. Mean differences between diagnostic groups were tested and hierarchical regression analysis determined the best predictors of liver fat. We studied 88 adult SAM survivors and 84 community participants (CPs); age 29.0\u2009\u00b1\u20098.4\u00a0years, BMI 23.5\u2009\u00b1\u20095.0\u00a0kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> (mean\u2009\u00b1\u2009SDs). SAM survivors had less liver fat than CPs (using L\/S) (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.025). Severe wasting survivors (SWs) had lower BW (-0.51\u00a0kg; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02), were younger, thinner and had smaller waist circumference than oedematous malnutrition survivors (OMs). In the final regression model adjusting for age, sex, birth weight and SAM phenotype (i.e., oedematous malnutrition or severe wasting), SWs had more liver fat than OMs (using MLA) (B\u2009=\u20092.6\u2009\u00b1\u20091.3; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.04) but similar liver fat using L\/S (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.07) and lower BW infants had less liver fat (MLA) (B\u2009=\u2009-1.8\u2009\u00b1\u20090.8; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.03). Greater liver fat in SWs than OMs, despite having less body fat, supports our hypothesis of greater cardiometabolic risk in SWs. 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