The Association Between Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, and Extrahepatic Cancers.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Although primarily a disease with liver-specific complications, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a systemic disease with extrahepatic complications. We aim to evaluate the association between NAFLD and cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke and cerebrovascular disease, and extrahepatic cancers.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Systematic Review Database from January 1, 2000 to July 1, 2019 to identify peer-reviewed English language literature using predefined keywords for NAFLD, CVD, stroke and cerebrovascular disease, and extrahepatic cancers among adults. Two reviewers independently selected studies for inclusion. Measures of association between NAFLD and CVD, stroke and cerebrovascular disease, and extrahepatic cancers were extr

SUBMITTER: Veracruz N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7897860 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature