Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Is Associated With Atherosclerosis in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese

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Huang, Yun ; Bi, Yufang ; Xu, Min ; Ma, Zhimin ; Xu, Yu ; Wang, Tiange ; Li, Mian ; Liu, Yu ; Lu, Jieli ; Chen, Yuhong ; Huang, Fei ; Xu, Baihui ; Zhang, Jie ; Wang, Weiqing ; Li, Xiaoying ; Ning, Guang

关键词: atherosclerosis;    brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity;    carotid intima-media thickness;    metabolic syndrome;    nonalcoholic fatty liver disease;   

DOI  :  10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.252957

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

【 摘 要 】

Objective-To evaluate the associations between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and atherosclerosis. Methods and Results-A total of 8632 participants aged >= 40 years from Jiading district, Shanghai, were included in the present study. The presenc