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Liver fibrosis assessed by transient elastography is independently associated with albuminuria in the general United States population.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jul 2021
Ciardullo Stefano, Ballabeni Cinzia, Trevisan Roberto, Perseghin Gianluca
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BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are frequent and progressive conditions that share traditional risk factors: obesity, type 2 diabetes and hypertension. AIMS: To evaluate whether an independent relationship exists between liver steatosis and fibrosis and different CKD phenotypes. METHODS: Cross sectional study based on data from the 2017-18 cycle of the...
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