Incidence of chronic kidney disease in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

We read with great interest the article by Byrne et  al. who summarized recent advances in the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), and reported that the prevalence rate of CKD in patients with NAFLD ranged from 20% to 55%.1 Given a high cardiovascular disease-specific mortality among NAFLD populations (4.79 per 1,000 person-years, 95% CI 3.43–6.70), NAFLD-related cardiovascular events have filtered into people's minds.2 By contrast, although CKD is another closely related extrahepatic disease, the burden of CKD, especially the incidence of CKD, has not been systematically described and quantitatively assessed in patients with NAFLD, with and without diabetes mellitus.
Source: Journal of Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research