Advanced NAFLD ‘substantially’ raises risk of cardiac events
Clinicians need a holistic approach to care for patients with liver disease, particularly those with concomitant diabetes, researchers say
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with a 45% increased risk of serious cardiac events even after adjusting for BMI, according to the largest meta-analysis to date.
The findings, based on 36 studies with a total of almost six million middle-aged participants, also showed the rate of CVD events increased as NAFLD became more severe.
