Association of worsening of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with cardiometabolic function and intestinal bacterial overgrowth: A cross-sectional study.
Marília Marques Pereira LiraJosé Eymard Moraes de Medeiros FilhoVinícius José Baccin MartinsGitana da SilvaFrancisco Antônio de Oliveira JuniorÉder Jackson Bezerra de Almeida FilhoAlexandre Sérgio SilvaJoão Henrique da Costa-SilvaJosé Luiz de Brito AlvesPublished in: PloS one (2020)
NAFLD impairs cardiac autonomic function. Greater impairment was found in subjects with a worse degree of hepatic fibrosis estimated by NFS. Hypoalbuminemia and thrombocytopenia were higher in subjects with a worse degree of hepatic fibrosis, whereas prevalence of SIBO positive was similar between the groups.