Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases
Kidney disease linked to metabolic fatty liver disease both ways
Chronic kidney disease was linked to later metabolic fatty liver disease (hazard ratio 1.36); the reverse link had a ratio of 1.64, versus people without each condition.Chronic kidney disease was linked to later metabolic fatty liver disease (hazard ratio 1.36); the reverse link had a ratio of 1.64, versus people without each condition.
Cohort · 462,516 peopleBiomarkers
Who was studied462,516 UK Biobank participants, against people without chronic kidney disease
What changedLater metabolic fatty liver disease was higher among people with chronic kidney disease (hazard ratio 1.36)
The catchAcute kidney dysfunction could inflate chronic kidney disease prevalence in the hospital cohort