Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is independently associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetic patients

Diabetes Care. 2007 Aug;30(8):2119-21. doi: 10.2337/dc07-0349. Epub 2007 May 22.

Authors

Giovanni Targher¹, Lorenzo Bertolini, Stefano Rodella, Roberto Tessari, Luciano Zenari, Giuseppe Lippi, Guido Arcaro

Affiliation

¹ Unit of Internal Medicine and Diabetes, Sacro Cuore Hospital of Negrar, Negrar, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 17519430
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-0349

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology*
Diabetic Angiopathies / epidemiology*
Fatty Liver / diagnostic imaging
Fatty Liver / epidemiology*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Italy / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
Ultrasonography