Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, liver fibrosis score and cognitive function in middle-aged adults: The Framingham Study.
Galit WeinsteinKendra Davis-PlourdeJayandra J HimaliShira Zelber-SagiAlexa S BeiserSudha SeshadriPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)
Participants with high risk of advanced fibrosis may have poorer cognitive function compared to those with low risk, particularly in executive function and abstract reasoning. Future findings are necessary to evaluate the value of the NFS as a biomarker that predicts cognitive impairment and dementia and to explore the role of hepatic fibrosis in brain health.