Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease as a Potential Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Mohammad Dehghani FirouzabadiAmirhossein PoopakAli SheikhyFatemeh Dehghani FirouzabadiFatemeh MoosaieSoghra RabizadehSara MomtazmaneshManouchehr Nakhjavani Alireza Esteghamati

Published in: International journal of endocrinology (2024)

NAFLD increased the incidence risk of CVD in T2D. However, there was no association between liver enzymes (ALT, AST, ALK-P, and GGT) and a higher incidence risk of CVD in T2D when adjusted for confounding variables.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
risk factors
type diabetes
human health
metabolic syndrome
cardiovascular risk factors
climate change
epidermal growth factor receptor