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We performed a retrospective cohort study in a Japanese university hospital to clarify the effect of body fat reduction on the improvement of hepatic stiffness as well as hepatic steatosis. The skeletal muscle mass index (SMI, kg\/m2), fat to muscle mass ratio, and the change in fat to muscle mass ratio after 1 year from baseline were calculated. Controlled attenuation parameter (CAP, dB\/m) and liver stiffness measurement (LSM, kPa) were evaluated by elastography. Primary outcome was set as the association of the change of fat to muscle mass ratio after 1 year from baseline with the change of liver stiffness measurement. One hundred and seventeen patients (59 men and 58 women) completed the study. The average age was 63.5 years, and baseline CAP and LSM were 273.4 \u00b1 53.5 dB\/m and 6.3 \u00b1 3.4 kPa, respectively. After 1 year, body mass index (BMI), SMI, and LSM decreased. Multiple regression analyses demonstrated that change in fat to muscle mass ratio was associated with the change in CAP (\u00df = 0.38, p &lt; 0.001) or LSM (\u00df = 0.21, p = 0.026). 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