Association of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a frequent, under-recognized condition and a risk factor for renal failure and cardiovascular disease. Increasing evidence connects non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to CKD. We conducted a meta-analysis to determine whether the p...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Musso, Roberto Gambino, James H Tabibian, Mattias Ekstedt, Stergios Kechagias, Masahide Hamaguchi, Rolf Hultcrantz, Hannes Hagström, Seung Kew Yoon, Phunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya, Jacob George, Francisco Barrera, Svanhildur Hafliðadóttir, Einar Stefan Björnsson, Matthew J Armstrong, Laurence J Hopkins, Xin Gao, Sven Francque, An Verrijken, Yusuf Yilmaz, Keith D Lindor, Michael Charlton, Robin Haring, Markus M Lerch, Rainer Rettig, Henry Völzke, Seungho Ryu, Guolin Li, Linda L Wong, Mariana Machado, Helena Cortez-Pinto, Kohichiroh Yasui, Maurizio Cassader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25050550/pdf/?tool=EBI