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Liver disease is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular outcomes - a UK Biobank study
2022-12-09
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Chronic liver disease (CLD) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) share common risk factors; the former is associated with a two-fold greater incidence of CVD. With most CLD being preventable/modifiable, early identification of at high-risk individuals is crucial. Using data from the UK Biobank imaging sub-study, we tested the hypothesis that early signs of liver disease (measured...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 714ae214-1dd2-56b7-92bb-bd08270205df
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.12.08.22283242
