Mortality Risk Detected by Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Score in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Our aim was to assess the association of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk scores with overall and cardiac-specific mortality among patients with NAFLD. We used the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III with the National Death Index-linked mortality files. NAFLD was defined by ultrasound as presence of steatosis in the absence of secondary causes of liver disease. High risk for CVD was defined as a 10-year ASCVD score ≥7.5%. Hazard ratios (HRs) and population-attributable fractions (PAFs) of high risk for CVD were calculated. Among 1,262 subjects with NAFLD (47.9% men; 41.2% white; mean age, 56.3 years), the prevalence of high risk fo

SUBMITTER: Golabi P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6671783 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature