Liver fibrosis and fatty liver as independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Nobuharu TamakiMasayuki KurosakiYuka TakahashiYoshie ItakuraKento InadaSakura KirinoKoji YamashitaShuhei SekiguchiYuka HayakawaLeona OsawaMayu HiguchiKenta TakauraChiaki MaeyashikiShun KanekoYutaka YasuiKaoru TsuchiyaHiroyuki NakanishiJun ItakuraNamiki IzumiPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2021)
Liver fibrosis and fatty liver were associated with CVD risk independent of already known CVD risk comorbidities. The assessment of liver fibrosis and fatty liver may be useful to identify high CVD risk subjects.