Chin-I Shih, Kuan-Ta Wu, Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Jeng-Fu Yang, Yi-Yu Chen, Wei-Lun Tsai, Wen-Chi Chen, Po-Cheng Liang, Yu-Ju Wei, Pei-Chien Tsai, Po-Yao Hsu, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Yi-Hung Lin, Tyng-Yuan Jang, Chih-Wen Wang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Chung-Feng Huang, Jee-Fu Huang, Chia-Yen Dai, Chi-Kung Ho, Wan-Long Chuang, Ming-Lung Yu
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Fatty liver disease (FLD) is associated with several metabolic derangements. We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional and longitudinal study to evaluate the role of FL severity in the risk of new-onset and co-existing hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS: The cross-sectional cohort consisted of 41,888 adults who received health checkups in a tertiary hospital of Taiwan from 1999 to 2013. Of them, 34,865 without HTN and/or DM at baseline and within 1 year after enrollment were included as a longitudinal cohort (mean, 6...
September 25, 2023: Hepatology International