Bidirectional association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and hypertension from the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort study

The relation between nonalcoholic 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, 6704 eligible hypertension-free subjects and 9328 NAFLD-free subjects from the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort study at baseline were enrolled in the study. Among the hypertension-free subjects, development and persistence of NAFLD were associated with an increased odds ratio (OR) for incident hypertension (OR: 1.49, 95% confidence interval [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