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Mortality was compared among these groups by performing a systematic read-out of the national health insurance system, fatty liver (FL) was diagnosed using ultrasound.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall prevalence of FL was 47.9%: 1200 (25.4%) patients were lean (BMI\u2005&amp;lt;\u200525 kg\/m2) and did not have MAFLD, 73 (1.5%) patients were lean and had nonalcoholic fatty liver disease but did not fulfill criteria for MAFLD, and 221 (4.7%) patients were lean and fulfilled criteria for MAFLD. Additionally, 1043 (22.1%) and 925 (19.6%) subjects had MAFLD with overweight (BMI 25-30 kg\/m2) and obesity (BMI\u2005\u2265\u200530 kg\/m2), respectively, while 1041 (22.1%) and 215 (4.6%) had overweight and obesity, respectively, without FL. During a median follow-up of 7.5 (interquartile range: 4.0-9.6) years, 278 deaths (5.9%) occurred. Of these, 98 (2.1%) were cancer-related, 65 (1.4%) were cardiovascular, and 17 (0.4%) were liver-related. Overall survival was similar between patient strata (after 5 years: 93.9%-98.2%) with lean MAFLD having the numerically worst survival. 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