Steatotic liver disease labels hinge on alcohol intake, but self-report is often inaccurate. In this episode, Aleksander Krag (Odense University Hospital) discusses a large Danish study using phosphatidylethanol (PEth), a direct blood biomarker of recent drinking, showing substantial underestimation and potential reclassification from MASLD to MetALD/ALD.

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