Association between blood pressure and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease among adults without hypertension: a cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

High blood pressure (BP) is one of the optional components of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). However, whether subclinical elevations in BP are related to MAFLD even in the absence of hypertension remains unclear. We investigated the association between BP and MAFLD among adults without hypertension.

Design and setting

A nationwide, multicentre and cross-sectional study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Participants

2022 US adults without hypertension were recruited in the 2017-2018 cycle of the NHANES.

Exposure

Systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP).

Outcome measures

MAFLD was defined by the novel consensus of diagnostic criteria in 2020.

Results

MAFLD is common among US ad

SUBMITTER: Wu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12506056 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature