Association of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Musso, Giovanni; Gambino, Roberto; H. Tabibian, James; Ekstedt, Mattias; Kechagias, Stergios; Hamaguchi, Masahide; Hultcrantz, Rolf; Hagström, Hannes; Kew Yoon, Seung; Charatcharoenwitthaya, Phunchai; George, Jacob; Barrera, Francisco; Hafliðadóttir, Svanhildur; S. Björnsson, Einar; J. Armstrong, Matthew; Hopkins, Laurence; Gao, Xin; Francque, Sven; Verrijken, An; Yılmaz, Yusuf; D. Lindor, Keith; Charlton, Michael; Haring, Robin; M. Lerch, Markus; Rettig, Rainer; Völzke, Henry; Ryu, Seungho; Li, Guolin; L. Wong, Linda; Verdelho Machado, Mariana; Cortez‐Pinto, Helena; Yasui, Kohichiroh; Cassader, Maurizio

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001680

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Association of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Published in PLoS Medicine • Jul 22, 2014

Authors:

Giovanni Musso

Roberto Gambino

James H. Tabibian

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a frequent, under-recognized condition and a risk factor for renal failure and cardiovascular disease. Increasing evidence connects non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to CKD. We conducted a meta-analysis to determine whether the presence and severit...

Subject

Medicine

Internal medicine

Fatty liver

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