NAFLD increases Risk of Carotid Atherosclerosis and Ischemic Stroke. An Updated Meta-Analysis with 135,602 Individuals

CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis shows that a stepwise increment of steatosis of NAFLD can significantly increase the odds of carotid atherosclerosis and stroke development in NAFLD. More than a third suffer from carotid atherosclerosis and routine assessment of carotid atherosclerosis is quintessential in NAFLD.PMID:35232007 | DOI:10.3350/cmh.2021.0406

Source: Atherosclerosis - March 2, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ansel Shao Pin Tang Kai En Chan Jingxuan Quek Jieling Xiao Phoebe Tay Margaret Teng Keng Siang Lee Snow Yunni Lin May Zin Myint Benjamin Tan Vijay K Sharma Darren Jun Hao Tan Wen Hui Lim Apichat Kaewdech Daniel Huang Nicholas Ws Chew Mohammad Shadab Siddi Source Type: research