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[Across-sectional study on the association between steatotic liver disease and its subtypes, cardiovascular health status, and extrahepatic comorbidity].

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study looked at people with fatty liver disease, meaning extra fat stored in the liver, and counted how many also had chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, or cancer. It also checked whether people with better heart health scores had fewer of these problems. It was a snapshot of one large group at a single point in time, so it shows a link, not proof that one causes the other. The published abstract does not give the number of people or the size of the link.

Who did this work

Guan JB · Yang RX · Yan JJ · Shi YW · He XL · Qin L · Yang Z · Su Q · Fan JG

Source

Article · PubMed, fibrosis reversal · 2026 Aug 20
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42706037/