The generally high age-adjusted overall mortality in Turkey displays significant differences across geographic regions. Age-adjusted CHD incidence is not regressing sufficiently, and is especially high among men of the Mediterranean and women of the Southeast regions.

A surrogate of FLD conferred significant high risk of diabetes and coronary heart disease, independent of some metabolic syndrome traits. All-cause mortality was not associated with FLD, except likely in the prediabetic state. Such a FLI may reliably be used in epidemiologic studies.

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