Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and fibrosis associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events in a prospective study
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are at increased chance for cardiovascular events (CVEs). Severity of liver fibrosis is used to determine prognoses for patients with NAFLD, but little is known about the relationship between liver fibrosis and CVEs in the real world.