MAFLD predicts cardiovascular disease risk better than MASLD.
Ziyan PanGamal ShihaGamal EsmatNahum Méndez-SánchezMohammed EslamPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2024)
Although both MAFLD and MASLD were associated with different ASCVD risks, MAFLD predicted the ASCVD risk better than MASLD. The higher predictive ability of MAFLD compared to MASLD was attributed to metabolic dysfunction rather than moderate alcohol use.