Introduction: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with vascular dysfunction, one of the signs of which is arterial stiffness. Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), which is considered the gold standard measure of arterial stiffness, can be estimated using two commonly assessed clinical variables: age and blood pressure. This study aimed to evaluate the association between estimated PWV (ePWV) and the prevalence and incidence of NAFLD among Korean adults. Methods: This study used data from the Ansan-Ansung cohort study, a subset of the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study, and included 8,336 adult participants with and without NAFLD at baseline. The participants were subdivided into three tertile groups according to ePWV. Results: At baseline, the prevalence of NAFLD was 10.5, 27.5, and 35.0% in the first (lowest), second, and third (highest) tertiles of ePWV, respectively. During the 18-year follow-up period, 2,467 (42.9%) incident cases of NAFLD were identified among 5,755 participants who did not have NAFLD at baseline. After adjustment for clinically relevant variables, participants in the second (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.25; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.12-1.40) and third (adjusted HR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.24-1.64) tertiles of ePWV had a significantly higher risk of incident NAFLD than those in the first tertile. Conclusion: Higher ePWV is independently associated with an elevated risk of NAFLD in the general population.
| Mualliflar | Byung Sik Kim, Hyun‐Jin Kim, Jeong‐Hun Shin |
|---|---|
| Jurnal | PULSE |
| Nashr sanasi | 2023-12-02 |
| Jild | 12 |
| Son | 1 |
| Betlar | 1-11 |
| Til | en |
| DOI | 10.1159/000535580 |
DOI: 10.1159/000535580 · Maqolaning asl sahifasi
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