1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Heart Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
2 Medical Care Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
3 Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
4 Departament of Surgery, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, United States.
5 Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
6 Metabolic Diseases Research Unit, IRCCS Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.
7 Southampton National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, and University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
8 Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
9 Precision Medicine, Biological Resource Center Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
10 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
11 First Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Ioannina and Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece.
12 Department of Surgery, Marien Hospital Herne, University Hospitals of the Ruhr University of Bochum, Herne, NRW, Germany.
13 Fortis-CDOC Center of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases, and Endocrinology, National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation and Diabetes Foundation, New Delhi, India.
14 Department of Bariatric Surgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
15 Nacogdoches Center for Metabolic & Weight Loss Surgery, Nacogdoches Medical Center, Nacogdoches, TX, United States.
16 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
17 Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
18 Liver Disease Research Center, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
19 Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara (-2023), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.
20 Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
21 Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
22 Division of Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Affiliated to Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
23 Weight Management Unit, Royal NMC Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
24 Metabolic and Bariatric, Fatima8h hospital, Tehran, Iran.
25 Department of Surgery, USFQ (Universidad San Francisco), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.
26 Department of Surgery, Ashford and St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom.
27 Department Surgical Diseases, Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent, Almazar, Uzbekistan.
28 Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Acibadem Atakent University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
29 Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Hospital Lusiadas Amadora, Amadora, Lisbon, Portugal.
30 Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru.
31 OBEMET Center for Obesity and Metabolic Health, Lima, Peru.
32 Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, Australia.
33 Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara, Brunei.
34 Surgical Disease and Bariatric Surgery, Astana Medical University, Astana, Aqmola, Kazakhstan.
35 Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Iranian Hospital Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
36 Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
37 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
38 Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
39 Section of Endocrinology, Boston VA Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
40 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
41 Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.
42 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
43 Faculty of Health Science, Maimónides University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
44 Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, Translational Health Research Center (CENITRES), Maimónides University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
45 Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
46 Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
47 Department of Hepatology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia.
48 Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
49 Department of Medicine, Makerere University of College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
50 Department of Hepatology, RCSI School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Dublin/Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
51 Department of Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
52 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
53 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
54 Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya.
55 Departament of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Tu Opcion Bariatrica/Swiss Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico.
56 Department of Surgery, Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, Manila, Philippines.
57 Department of Metabolic, Bariatric and Endocrine Surgery, Fuenlabrada University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
58 Surgical Gastroenterology, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India.
59 Departament of Esophagogastric and Bariatric Surgery, Hospital del Mar de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
60 Department of General Surgery, Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt.
61 MAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
62 Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment for the Development of Chronic Liver Disease in Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou, China.