Thyroid-stimulating hormone is an independent risk factor of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Kazuki TaharaTakemi AkahaneTadashi NamisakiKei MoriyaHideto KawarataniKosuke KajiHiroaki TakayaYasuhiko SawadaNaotaka ShimozatoShinya SatoSoichiro SaikawaKeisuke NakanishiTakuya KuboYukihisa FujinagaMasanori FurukawaKoh KitagawaTakahiro OzutsumiYuuki TsujiDaisuke KayaHiroyuki OgawaHirotetsu TakagiKoji IshidaAkira MitoroHitoshi Yoshiji

Published in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2019)

TSH elevation even within the euthyroid range is an independent risk factor of NAFLD and may influence the progression of liver fibrosis, even with a normal FT4 level.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
risk factors