Open AccessNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease increases the prevalence of maintenance haemodialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
Yueh-An Lu,
Chih Yuan Hsu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2020_055
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , fatty liver , renal function , gastroenterology , incidence (geometry) , proportional hazards model , proteinuria , diabetes mellitus , hazard ratio , disease , chronic liver disease , liver disease , kidney , cirrhosis , endocrinology , confidence interval , physics , optics
To investigate the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and incidence of maintenance haemodialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).