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Is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated with increased arterial stiffness compared to controls?
Is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated with increased arterial stiffness compared to controls?
NAFLD is associated with increased arterial stiffness, highlighting a potential link between fatty liver disease and vascular risk, though confounding by shared cardiometabolic factors remains a limitation.
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NAFLD may flag higher vascular risk via arterial stiffness; leaves open independence from cardiometabolic confounders.
In conclusion, our study demonstrated a higher degree of arterial stiffness in NAFLD patients compared with controls. However, this association might be related to the higher prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in NAFLD patients. Further studies are needed to determine an independent association between NAFLD and arterial stiffness adjusting to cardiometabolic risks.
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Jaruvongvanich et al. (2017) studied this question.
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