Copeptin relates to a fatty liver and measures of obesity in a South African population with mixed ethnicities

ConclusionsElevated plasma copeptin is independently associated with NAFLD in a population with mixed ethnicities, pointing at the pharmacologically modifiable vasopressin system as a new mechanism behind NAFLD.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12020-019-01977-y

Source: Endocrine - June 21, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research