Metabolic syndrome, but not non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, increases 10-year mortality: A prospective, community-cohort study.
Madunil Anuk NiriellaAnuradhani KasturiratneThulani U BeddageShanthi A WithanageDilith C GoonatillekeChathurika P AbeysingheRuvini T De MelThilini L BalapitiyaShamila T De SilvaAnuradha S DassanayakeArjuna P De SilvaArunasalam PathmeswaranAnanda R WickramasingheNirihiro KatoHithanadura J de SilvaPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)
In this community-based study, increasing age, male-gender and MetS, but not NAFLD, predicted 10-year ACM and CVM. Among those with NAFLD, only those metabolically abnormal were at a higher risk for mortality.