Liver Safety of Statins in Prediabetes or T2DM and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Trial
Author(s) -
Fernando Bril,
Paola Portillo Sánchez,
Romina Lomonaco,
Beverly Orsak,
Joan Hecht,
Fermin O. Tio,
Kenneth Cusi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2017-00867
Subject(s) - nonalcoholic steatohepatitis , prediabetes , post hoc analysis , medicine , randomized controlled trial , steatohepatitis , post hoc , gastroenterology , nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , fatty liver , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , disease
Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease have a high cardiovascular risk, but statins are rarely prescribed because of fear of hepatotoxicity.
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