Recently, one study found that the presence of NAFLD showed a favorable trend on survival rates in CRC patients, although the data did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.079), perhaps in part due to the small number of patients (227 patients) and poor statistical power. 20 Therefore, we aimed to design a large and more statistically robust cohort study to investigate the impact of NAFLD on the prognosis of patients with CRC.
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a negative risk factor for colorectal cancer prognosis.
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