Establishing the independence and clinical importance of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1265-1266

  Chimakurthi, C Ramu ^a   Rowe, Ian A ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATTY LIVER INDEX; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84996563884     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.06.034     Document Type: Letter

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