Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease increases risk of carotid atherosclerosis and ischemic stroke: An updated meta-analysis with 135,602 individuals

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Authors

Ansel Shao Pin Tang · National University of Singapore

Kai En Chan · National University of Singapore

Jingxuan Quek · National University of Singapore

Jieling Xiao · National University of Singapore

Phoebe Wen Lin Tay · National University of Singapore

Margaret Teng · National University Hospital

Keng Siang Lee

Abstract

This meta-analysis shows that a stepwise increment of steatosis of NAFLD can significantly increase the risk of carotid atherosclerosis and stroke development in NAFLD. Patients more than a third sufferred from carotid atherosclerosis and routine assessment of carotid atherosclerosis is quintessential in NAFLD.

Topics & Keywords

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Diet, Metabolism, and Disease Liver Disease and Transplantation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical and Molecular Hepatology

Volume 28, Issue 3, pp. 483-496

DOI: 10.3350/cmh.2021.0406

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