Higher liver stiffness scores are associated with early kidney dysfunction in patients with histologically proven non-cirrhotic NAFLD.

CONCLUSION: LF was independently associated with EKD in patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD. Thus, TE-measured LSM, a widely used technique for quantifying LF, can accurately identify those patients with NAFLD who are at risk of having EKD.
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Source: Diabetes and Metabolism - November 27, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Sun DQ, Ye FZ, Kani HT, Yang JR, Zheng KI, Zhang HY, Targher G, Byrne CD, Chen YP, Yuan WJ, Yilmaz Y, Zheng MH Tags: Diabetes Metab Source Type: research