Open AccessAssociation of nonalcoholic fatty liver and chronic kidney disease: An analysis of 37,825 cases from health checkup center in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Haowen Liu,
JiaSin Liu,
KoLin Kuo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
tzu-chi medical journal/cí-jì yīxué
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.343
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2223-8956
pISSN - 1016-3190
DOI - 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_233_18
Subject(s) - medicine , nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , odds ratio , kidney disease , fatty liver , confidence interval , renal function , gastroenterology , univariate analysis , population , multivariate analysis , disease , environmental health
Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) share common pathogenic mechanisms and risk factors. The relationship between in NAFLD and CKD remains controversial. We aim to assess the association between NAFLD and CKD.