Fatty liver index correlates with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but not with newly diagnosed coronary artery atherosclerotic disease in Chinese patients

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Jiang, Zhao-Yan ; Xu, Chen-Ying ; Chang, Xian-Xing ; Li, Wei-Wei ; Sun, Lu-Ying ; Yang, Xiao-Bo ; Yu, Li-Fen

关键词: Fatty liver index;    Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease;    Coronary artery atherosclerotic disease;    Coronary angiography;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-230X-13-110

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

【 摘 要 】

Background: Fatty liver index (FLI) was recently established to predict non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in general population, which is known to be associated with coronary artery atherosclerotic disease (CAD). This study aims to investigate whe