Fibrosis Risk in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Is Related to Chronic Kidney Disease in Older Type 2 Diabetes Patients.
Yifan SunLiang HongZhe HuangLihong WangYanqin XiongShuhang ZongRui ZhangJun LiuShufei ZangPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2022)
NAFLD with an increased risk of fibrosis and presence of T2DM had an additive interaction on CKD incidence. Increased risk of NAFLD fibrosis was closely associated with CKD incidence and progression in aged T2DM patients. FIB-4 outperformed NFS as a noninvasive means to predict CKD development.