Causality between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis with bias analysis.

Amy E MorrisonFrancesco ZaccardiKamlesh KhuntiMelanie J Davies

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)

The results of this study are strongly suggestive for a causal relationship between NAFLD and T2DM, while the evidence for a causal link between NAFLD and CVD is less robust. Therapeutic strategies targeting NAFLD are likely to reduce the risk of developing T2DM.

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