Open AccessCardiovascular and renal burdens of metabolic associated fatty liver disease from serial US national surveys, 1999–2016
Author(s) -
Haojie Zhang,
Yuying Wang,
Chi Chen,
Yingli Lu,
Ningjian Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.1097/cm9.0000000000001513
Subject(s) - medicine , fatty liver , dyslipidemia , diabetes mellitus , national health and nutrition examination survey , obesity , overweight , kidney disease , type 2 diabetes , disease , metabolic syndrome , steatosis , endocrinology , environmental health , population
Non-communicable chronic diseases have become the leading causes of disease burden worldwide. The trends and burden of "metabolic associated fatty liver disease" (MAFLD) are unknown. We aimed to investigate the cardiovascular and renal burdens in adults with MAFLD and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).