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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and serum lipoproteins: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Apr 2013
DeFilippis Andrew Paul, Blaha Michael J, Martin Seth S, Reed Robert M, Jones Steven R, Nasir Khurram, Blumenthal Roger S, Budoff Matthew J
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OBJECTIVE: While nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with the metabolic syndrome, it is not known if NAFLD plays an independent role in the atherogenic dyslipidemia phenotype. METHODS AND RESULTS: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is a population-based prospective cohort study of adults free of clinical cardiovascular disease at enrollment. We tested for a relationship between...
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