Bidirectional association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and hypertension from Dongfeng-Tongji cohort study

The relation between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and hypertension is not fully understood. To examine the effect of the change in NAFLD status on the risk of incident hypertension, and vice versa, 6,704 eligible hypertension-free subjects and 9,328 NAFLD-free subjects from Dongfeng-Tongji (DFTJ) cohort study at baseline were enrolled in the study. Among the hypertension-free subjects, development NAFLD and persistent NAFLD patients was associated with an increased OR for incident hypertension (OR: 1.49, 95% CI: 1.26-1.76, P

Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - July 2, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Peiyi Liu, Yuhan Tang, Xiaoping Guo, Xinhong Zhu, Meian He, Jing Yuan, Youjie Wang, Sheng Wei, Weihong Chen, Xiaomin Zhang, Xiaoping Miao, Ping Yao Tags: Research Article Source Type: research