Beyond Liver Disease: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Advanced Liver Fibrosis in Kidney Disease

• Published in: Diabetes & metabolism journal Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 564 - 566
• Main Author: Han, Eugene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sŏul Korean Diabetes Association / Daehan Dangnyobyeong Hakoe 01.07.2022; Korean Diabetes Association; 대한당뇨병학회
• Subjects: Cohort analysis; Conflicts of interest; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Fatty liver; Gastroenterology; Hepatitis; Kidney diseases; Liver cirrhosis; Liver diseases; Longitudinal studies; Metabolism; Trends; 내과학

The epidemiological evidence suggests that NAFLD is an in dependent risk factor for albuminuria, and the severity of steatosis is correlated with albuminuria prevalence [5,6]. [...]advanced liver fibrosis is associated with proteinuria and increased urinary markers regardless of albuminuria presence...